Table 1.

Summary of the properties of empirical contacts that are preserved (“X” marks) or not preserved (empty cells) by the contact patterns representations investigated here

DYN	HET	HOM	CM	CMD	CMB	FULL
Temporal ordering of contacts
Individual edge weights	X
Network topology	X	X
Number of edges between different class pairs	X	X		X	X
Total contact time between different class pairs	X		X	X	X
Distribution of edge weights within each class pair	X			X