Fig. 2

A schematic example of the CN method: Panel I shows four independent networks to be combined into one CN. Note that the rightmost network does not include the ’A’ node. Blue links indicate negative sign, while orange, positive. The CN can be seen on Panel II. Note that the missing node from Panel I is not present in the CN. Also, only links that are constant in their sign among networks are present in the final network. For example, the link between D and E is removed since it has a different signal in the last network