smile.clustering.linkage

Class Linkage

java.lang.Object

smile.clustering.linkage.Linkage

Direct Known Subclasses:

CompleteLinkage, SingleLinkage, UPGMALinkage, UPGMCLinkage, WardLinkage, WPGMALinkage, WPGMCLinkage

public abstract class Linkage
extends Object

A measure of dissimilarity between clusters (i.e. sets of observations).

References

1. Anil K. Jain, Richard C. Dubes. Algorithms for clustering data. 1988.

Author:

Haifeng Li

See Also:

HierarchicalClustering

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Linkage()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double[][]	getProximity() Returns the proximity matrix.
abstract void	merge(int i, int j) Merge two clusters into one and update the proximity matrix.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Linkage

public Linkage()

Method Detail

getProximity

public double[][] getProximity()

Returns the proximity matrix.

merge

public abstract void merge(int i,
                           int j)

Merge two clusters into one and update the proximity matrix.

Parameters:

i - cluster id.

j - cluster id.