edistance: To calculate the Euclidean distance.

In LearnClust: Learning Hierarchical Clustering Algorithms

Description

To calculate the Euclidean distance of two clusters.

Usage

edistance(x, y)

Arguments

x	is a numeric vector or a matrix. It represents the values of a cluster.
y	is a numeric vector or a matrix. It represents the values of a cluster.

Details

This function is part of the hierarchical clusterization method. The function calculates the Euclidean distance value from x and y.

Value

Euclidean distance value.

Author(s)

Roberto Alcántara [e-mail]

Juan José Cuadrado [e-mail]

Universidad de Alcalá de Henares

Examples

x <- c(1,2)
y <- c(1,3)

cluster1 <- matrix(x,ncol=2)
cluster2 <- matrix(y,ncol=2)

edistance(x,y)

edistance(cluster1,cluster2)

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