cost_function_derivative: Calculates the derivative for the cost function of the...

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References

Description

Calculates the derivative for the cost function of the K-medoids algorithm for the given input. Should not be used by the user.

Usage

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Arguments

w

The weight vector of length n-1, where n is the number of variables, for the first n-1 . See the reference in find_kmedoids_weights for the explanation.

var_list

A list of variables containing the following: data, the relevant data. method, the number of cluster k. bounds, the bounds on the weights. fk: see find_kmedoids_weights for details.

Value

Cost function derivative

The cost function derivative of this clustering with the given weights. A vector of length n-1.

Author(s)

Jeroen van den Hoven

References

Clustering with optimised weights for Gower's metric: Using hierarchical clustering and Quasi-Newton methods to maximise the cophenetic correlation coefficient, Jeroen van den Hoven.


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