variationOfInformation: Variation of Information

In partitionComparison: Implements Measures for the Comparison of Two Partitions

Variation of Information

Description

Compute the variation of information

H(P) + H(Q) - 2MI(P, Q)

where MI is the mutual information, H the partition entropy

Usage

variationOfInformation(p, q)

## S4 method for signature 'Partition,Partition'
variationOfInformation(p, q)

Arguments

p	The partition P
q	The partition Q

Methods (by class)

• variationOfInformation(p = Partition, q = Partition): Compute given two partitions

Author(s)

Fabian Ball [e-mail]

References

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Meila2003partitionComparison

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Meila2007partitionComparison

See Also

mutualInformation, entropy

Examples

isTRUE(all.equal(variationOfInformation(new("Partition", c(0, 0, 0, 1, 1)),
                                        new("Partition", c(0, 0, 1, 1, 1))),
                                        0.763817))

partitionComparison documentation built on Aug. 24, 2023, 1:06 a.m.