localIndexH: Computes the local entropy index H for all localities.

In biamouras/accSeg: Functions for my MSc analysis

Description

Computes the local entropy index H for all localities.

Usage

localIndexH(pop, pop_intensity)

Arguments

pop	A data frame with id, group, and number of population.
pop_intensity	A data frame with id and population intensity for all groups. Result from popIntensity.

Value

array with scores for n groups (number of groups).

Author(s)

Beatriz Moura dos Santos

References

Iceland (2004. The multigroup entropy index (also known as Theil’s H or the information theory index). US Census Bureau, Retrieved July, 31, 2006.

Sousa (2017). Segregation Metrics. https://github.com/sandrofsousa/Resolution/blob/master/Pysegreg/segregationMetrics.py.

biamouras/accSeg documentation built on Nov. 19, 2020, 8:07 a.m.