dist_cen {distanceHD} | R Documentation |
Centroid distance between two groups
Description
Calculate the Centroid (Euclidean) distance between two groups in a high-dimensional space (d > n), with support for a single-member cluster. It also works in low-dimensional settings.
Usage
dist_cen(x, group)
Arguments
x |
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group |
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Value
A numeric value of distance
Author(s)
Jung Ae Lee <jungae.lee@umassmed.edu>
Examples
data(leukemia)
group = leukemia$Y # 38 patients status with a value of 1 or 2
x = leukemia$X # 38 by 3051 genes
# apply the function
dist_cen(x, group) # 25.4
[Package distanceHD version 1.2 Index]