Network Models: An Underutilized Tool in Wildlife Epidemiology?

Table 2

Selected list of free software packages that can be used in wildlife network epidemiology.

Category name	Type	Programming skills required?	Comments	Ref./Download location
Capture-mark-recapture
M-Surge	Application	No	Windows platform	[75]/http://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/BIOM/logiciels.htm
MARK	Application	No	Windows platform	[76]/http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/~gwhite/mark/mark.htm
Network simulation/analysis
Pajek	Application	No	Analysis of large networks	[77]/http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/pub/networks/pajek/
igraph	R Package	Basic	Used for all network visualizations in this article	[78]/http://www.r-project.org/
sna	R package	Basic	Other related R packages available on http://statnet.org/	[79]/http://www.r-project.org/
network	R Package	Basic	Other related R packages available on http://statnet.org/	[80]/http://www.r-project.org/
ClustRNet	Python package	Basic	Simulates network with variable clustering degree	[81]/http://sbansal.com/ClustRNet/
NetLogo	Interpreted language	Basic	Cross-platform	[82]/http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/
Epidemiological modelling
EpiFire  (GUI)	Application	No	Cross-platform	unpublished/http://sourceforge.net/projects/epifire/
NetLogo	Interpreted language	Basic	Cross-platform	[82]/http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/
R	Interpreted language	Basic	Cross-platform	[83]/http://www.r-project.org/
Python	Interpreted language	Basic	Cross-platform	http://www.python.org/
EpiFire  (API)	C++ library	Yes (C/C++)	Includes network simulation capabilities	unpublished/http://sourceforge.net/projects/epifire/