I have temporal network data and trying to model the formation and dissolution of ties using TERGM (a function in STATNET package in R). The tutorial provided here is very helpful, but it deals with balanced panel data (i.e., the same set of vertices over time).
My question is how can I make this function (TERGM) work when I have different set of vertices over time. In other words, actors exit and new actors enter into my network over time.
Here is the code I run:
samp.fit2 <- stergm(samplist, formation= ~edges, dissolution = ~edges, estimate = "CMLE", times=1:3)
And this is the error message I get:
Error in networkOperatorSetup(x = e1, y = e2) : Non-conformable networks (must have same numbers of vertices for elementwise operations).
Thanks so much.
