MRQAP Network Regression

Multiple regression quadratic assignment procedure (MRQAP) extends QAP to the regression setting: it predicts a dependent relational matrix from several independent relational matrices on the same actors — for example, modeling who collaborates with whom as a function of who is co-located, who shares a department, and who has prior friendship. Coefficients are estimated by ordinary least squares on the vectorized matrices, but significance is assessed by permutation, because dyadic dependence invalidates the standard regression standard errors.