ADC: Aggregated data clustering
In IntClust: Integration of Multiple Data Sets with Clustering Techniques

Description Usage Arguments Details Value References Examples

Aggregated Data Clustering (ADC) is a direct clustering multi-source technique. ADC merges the columns of all data sets into a single large data set on which a final clustering is performed.

1 2	ADC(List, distmeasure = "tanimoto", normalize = FALSE, method = NULL, clust = "agnes", linkage = "flexible", alpha = 0.625)

`List`	A list of data matrices of the same type. It is assumed the rows are corresponding with the objects.
`distmeasure`	Choice of metric for the dissimilarity matrix (character). Should be one of "tanimoto", "euclidean", "jaccard", "hamming". Defaults to "tanimoto".
`normalize`	Logical. Indicates whether to normalize the distance matrices or not, defaults to FALSE. This is recommended if different distance types are used. More details on normalization in `Normalization`.
`method`	A method of normalization. Should be one of "Quantile","Fisher-Yates", "standardize","Range" or any of the first letters of these names. Default is NULL.
`clust`	Choice of clustering function (character). Defaults to "agnes".
`linkage`	Choice of inter group dissimilarity (character). Defaults to "flexible".
`alpha`	The parameter alpha to be used in the "flexible" linkage of the agnes function. Defaults to 0.625 and is only used if the linkage is set to "flexible".

In order to perform aggregated data clustering, the ADC function was written. A list of data matrices of the same type (continuous or binary) is required as input which are combined into a single (larger) matrix. Hierarchical clustering is performed with the agnes function and the ward link on the resulting data matrix and an applicable distance measure is indicated by the user.

The returned value is a list with the following three elements.

`AllData`	Fused data matrix of the data matrices
`DistM`	The distance matrix computed from the AllData element
`Clust`	The resulting clustering

The value has class "ADC". The Clust element will be of interest for further applications.

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Fodeh2013IntClust

data(fingerprintMat)
data(targetMat)
L=list(fingerprintMat,targetMat)
MCF7_ADC=ADC(List=L,distmeasure="tanimoto",normalize=FALSE,method=NULL,clust="agnes",
linkage="flexible",alpha=0.625)