DMulti: A function to compute multigroup dissimilarity index

In OasisR: Outright Tool for the Analysis of Spatial Inequalities and Segregation

A function to compute multigroup dissimilarity index

Description

multigroup dissimilarity index, is a multigroup version of Duncan's dissimilarity index (DIDuncan)

Usage

DMulti(x)

Arguments

x

an object of class matrix (or which can be coerced to that class), where each column represents the distribution of a group within spatial units. The number of columns should be greater than 1 (at least 2 groups are required). You should not include a column with total population, because this will be interpreted as a group.

Value

The multigroup dissimilarity index value (numeric)

References

Sakoda J. N. (1981) A generalized Index of dissimilarity. Demography,18, 245-250

See Also

multigroup indices: PMulti, GiniMulti, HMulti, CMulti, RelDivers

Social diversity indices: HShannon, NShannon, ISimpson,

Examples

x <- segdata@data[ ,1:2]
DMulti(x) 

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