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The R package RSiena can be installed in the regular way within R from CRAN. The current (February 22, 2024) CRAN version of RSiena is 1.4.7.
The GitHub version is more recent, however; see below.
The differences between the current version and older versions are indicated in Appendix B of the RSiena manual and on the Siena news page.
The extensive manual is here. It is a complement to the internal help pages in the package; when you have questions about an RSiena function, it is good to look both at its help page and at the manual.
Version 1.4.23 (May 3, 2025) of RSiena can be downloaded from GitHub/stocnet.
At https://github.com/stocnet/rsiena/releases you will find the files with the source code and binary executables for the three Operating Systems (OS) Windows, Mac, and Linux. The file for your operating system can be downloaded and then installed in R from the local file.
You can also inspect the source code at https://github.com/stocnet/rsiena/.

For changes with respect to previous versions, see the News page, the NEWS.md file in the source code on GitHub, or give command
news(package="RSiena")
in a R session, and/or look at appendix B in the Siena manual.
Version 1.2.31 (May 4, 2025) of multiSiena can be downloaded from here.
multiSiena contains function sienaBayes for random coefficient multilevel longitudinal network analysis, as described in
Johan Koskinen and Tom A.B. Snijders (2023). Multilevel longitudinal analysis of social networks.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 186, 376-400.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jrsssa/qnac009
This package is meant to be used alongside RSiena, version 1.4.23. At some moment, it will be integrated better with RSiena.
For changes with respect to previous versions, install multiSiena and give command
news(package="multiSiena")
in an R session.
- Download binary multiSiena_1.2.31.zip for installation under Windows (requires R version at least 4.2.0)
- Download multiSiena_1.2.31.tar.gz for the source code.
If anybody would like to have binary files for the package to be used with other R versions, please request this at https://groups.io/g/RSiena.
For requests of new effects or other new features, bug reports, etc. please open an issue at GitHub/stocnet.

A remaining older version of the standalone Siena program:
Download file siena_l_exe_318_7.zip which contains the executable files for Siena 3.181 (version April 8, 2010).
This may be useful for those who want to estimate ERGM parameters using Siena 3.
Download the corresponding source code.

Other materials

The current RSiena users' manual.
Tom A.B. Snijders (2025). Siena algorithms. This paper gives a sketch of the main algorithms used in RSiena. It is meant as background material for understanding the code of RSiena.
Siena 3 manual (for those who still wish to use Siena 3, for estimation of ERGM parameters):
siena users' manual for version 3.2.
For helpful scripts, go to the RSiena scripts page.

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	Executable programs The R package RSiena can be installed in the regular way within R from CRAN. The current (February 22, 2024) CRAN version of RSiena is 1.4.7. The GitHub version is more recent, however; see below. The differences between the current version and older versions are indicated in Appendix B of the RSiena manual and on the Siena news page. The extensive manual is here. It is a complement to the internal help pages in the package; when you have questions about an RSiena function, it is good to look both at its help page and at the manual. Version 1.4.23 (May 3, 2025) of RSiena can be downloaded from GitHub/stocnet. At https://github.com/stocnet/rsiena/releases you will find the files with the source code and binary executables for the three Operating Systems (OS) Windows, Mac, and Linux. The file for your operating system can be downloaded and then installed in R from the local file. You can also inspect the source code at https://github.com/stocnet/rsiena/. For changes with respect to previous versions, see the News page, the NEWS.md file in the source code on GitHub, or give command news(package="RSiena") in a R session, and/or look at appendix B in the Siena manual. Version 1.2.31 (May 4, 2025) of multiSiena can be downloaded from here. multiSiena contains function sienaBayes for random coefficient multilevel longitudinal network analysis, as described in Johan Koskinen and Tom A.B. Snijders (2023). Multilevel longitudinal analysis of social networks. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 186, 376-400. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jrsssa/qnac009 This package is meant to be used alongside RSiena, version 1.4.23. At some moment, it will be integrated better with RSiena. For changes with respect to previous versions, install multiSiena and give command news(package="multiSiena") in an R session. Download binary multiSiena_1.2.31.zip for installation under Windows (requires R version at least 4.2.0) Download multiSiena_1.2.31.tar.gz for the source code. If anybody would like to have binary files for the package to be used with other R versions, please request this at https://groups.io/g/RSiena. For requests of new effects or other new features, bug reports, etc. please open an issue at GitHub/stocnet. A remaining older version of the standalone Siena program: Download file siena_l_exe_318_7.zip which contains the executable files for Siena 3.181 (version April 8, 2010). This may be useful for those who want to estimate ERGM parameters using Siena 3. Download the corresponding source code. Other materials The current RSiena users' manual. Tom A.B. Snijders (2025). Siena algorithms. This paper gives a sketch of the main algorithms used in RSiena. It is meant as background material for understanding the code of RSiena. Siena 3 manual (for those who still wish to use Siena 3, for estimation of ERGM parameters): siena users' manual for version 3.2. For helpful scripts, go to the RSiena scripts page.


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