iris_species.hist: Iris Species Histogram-Valued Dataset

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Iris Species Histogram-Valued Dataset

Description

Histogram-valued dataset of 3 iris species (Versicolor, Virginica, Setosa) with 4 histogram-valued morphological variables and a species label. Each histogram describes the distribution of measurements within a species.

Usage

data(iris_species.hist)

Format

A data frame with 3 observations and 5 variables:

• species: Species name (factor: Versicolor, Virginica, Setosa).

• sepal_width: Histogram-valued sepal width distribution.

• sepal_length: Histogram-valued sepal length distribution.

• petal_width: Histogram-valued petal width distribution.

• petal_length: Histogram-valued petal length distribution.

Row names are species names.

Metadata

Sample size (n)	3
Variables (p)	5
Subject area	Botany
Symbolic format	Histogram
Analytical tasks	Clustering, Descriptive statistics

Source

Billard, L. and Diday, E. (2020), Table 4-10.

References

Billard, L. and Diday, E. (2020). Clustering Methodology for Symbolic Data. Wiley, Chichester. Table 4-10.

Examples

data(iris_species.hist)

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