dist.BC: Calculates Bray-Curtis distance measure for ratio data

In clusterSim: Searching for Optimal Clustering Procedure for a Data Set

Calculates Bray-Curtis distance measure for ratio data

Description

Calculates Bray-Curtis distance measure for ratio data

Usage

dist.BC (x)

Arguments

x	matrix or dataset

Details

See file $R_HOME\library\clusterSim\pdf\distBC_details.pdf for further details

Value

object with calculated distance

Author(s)

Marek Walesiak [e-mail], Andrzej Dudek [e-mail]

Department of Econometrics and Computer Science, University of Economics, Wroclaw, Poland

References

Cormack, R.M. (1971), A review of classification (with discussion), "Journal of the Royal Statistical Society", ser. A, part 3, 321-367.

Gatnar, E., Walesiak, M. (Eds.) (2004), Metody statystycznej analizy wielowymiarowej w badaniach marketingowych [Multivariate statistical analysis methods in marketing research], Wydawnictwo AE, Wroclaw, p. 41.

See Also

dist.GDM, dist.SM, dist

Examples

library(clusterSim)
sampleData <- cbind(c(2,3,5),c(4,5,6),c(5,3,4))
d <- dist.BC(sampleData)

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