cover_types.hist: Forest Cover Types Histogram-Valued Dataset

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Forest Cover Types Histogram-Valued Dataset

Description

Histogram-valued dataset of 7 forest cover types with 4 topographic histogram variables. Each histogram describes the distribution of a terrain feature across locations classified as that cover type.

Usage

data(cover_types.hist)

Format

A data frame with 7 observations (cover types) and 4 histogram-valued variables:

• elevation: Histogram of elevation values (meters).

• distance_to_water: Histogram of horizontal distance to nearest water source (meters).

• hillshade: Histogram of hillshade index values.

• slope: Histogram of slope values (degrees).

Row names are CoverType_1 through CoverType_7.

Metadata

Sample size (n)	7
Variables (p)	4
Subject area	Forestry
Symbolic format	Histogram
Analytical tasks	Clustering, Classification

Source

Billard, L. and Diday, E. (2020), Table 7-21.

References

Billard, L. and Diday, E. (2020). Clustering Methodology for Symbolic Data. Wiley, Chichester. Table 7-21.

Examples

data(cover_types.hist)

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