SplitConsistent: Identify consistent / conflicting splits

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Identify consistent / conflicting splits

Description

SplitConsistent() and SplitConflict() determine whether a series of splits haystack are consistent with or contradict the focal split needle.

Usage

SplitConsistent(needle, haystack)

SplitConflicts(needle, haystack)

Arguments

needle	Splits object containing the single split to evaluate
haystack	Splits object, or list thereof, containing the splits to compare against needle.

Value

SplitConsistent() returns a list of logical vectors. Each list item corresponds to an entry in haystack, reporting whether each split is consistent with (TRUE) or in conflict with (FALSE) needle. SplitConflicts() returns the inverse.

Author(s)

Martin R. Smith ([e-mail])

See Also

Other split manipulation functions: DropTip(), Subsplit(), TrivialSplits()

Examples

splits1 <- as.Splits(BalancedTree(8))
splits2 <- as.Splits(PectinateTree(8))
summary(splits1[[4]])
SplitConsistent(splits1[[4]], splits2)
SplitConflicts(splits1[[4]], list(splits1, splits2))

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