HMulti: A function to compute multi-group entropy segregation index

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

A function to compute multi-group entropy segregation index

Description

The multi-group version of Theil's entropy index HTheil

Usage

HMulti(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

multi-group entropy segregation index

References

Theil H. (1972) Statistical decomposition analysis: with applications in the social and administrative. Amsterdam, North-Holland, 337 p.

See Also

Multi-group indices: PMulti, GiniMulti, DMulti, CMulti, RelDivers

Social diversity indices: HShannon, NShannon, ISimpson,

Examples

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

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