smile.clustering.linkage

Class CompleteLinkage

java.lang.Object

smile.clustering.linkage.Linkage

smile.clustering.linkage.CompleteLinkage

public class CompleteLinkage
extends Linkage

Complete linkage. This is the opposite of single linkage. Distance between groups is now defined as the distance between the most distant pair of objects, one from each group.

Author:

Haifeng Li

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CompleteLinkage(double[][] proximity) Constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	merge(int i, int j) Merge two clusters into one and update the proximity matrix.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class smile.clustering.linkage.Linkage

getProximity

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CompleteLinkage

public CompleteLinkage(double[][] proximity)

Constructor.

Parameters:

proximity - the proximity matrix to store the distance measure of dissimilarity. To save space, we only need the lower half of matrix.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

merge

public void merge(int i,
         int j)

Description copied from class: Linkage

Merge two clusters into one and update the proximity matrix.

Specified by:

merge in class Linkage

Parameters:

i - cluster id.

j - cluster id.