dsitR is an R package for simulating Dynamic Social Impact Theory (DSIT). It models agents with multi-dimensional opinions who influence each other through customizable neighborhoods. The package includes modular tools for simulation, metrics, and visualization of cultural dynamics over time.
This R package is not currently on CRAN, but the latest version can be installed and loaded using these R commands:
if (!require(remotes)) install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("cwendorf/dsitrR")
library(dsitR)If you do not wish a full install, the latest functions can be made available using this R command:
source("http://raw.githubusercontent.com/cwendorf/dsitR/main/source-dsitR.R")This package contains a set of materials to demonstrate its use:
- Introduction: The theoretical background for simulating influence networks
- Networks: The types of agents and neighborhoods used to represent influence networks
- Visualization: The various graphs used to visualize the influence networks
- Metrics: The metrics used to measure changes in influence networks
- Sample: The basic code to analyze a simple influence network
- GitHub Issues: https://github.com/cwendorf/dsitR/issues
- Author Email: cwendorf@uwsp.edu
- Author Homepage: https://github.com/cwendorf
Wendorf, C. A. (2025). dsitR: Dynamic social impact simulator [R Package]. https://github.com/cwendorf/dsitR