boxplotcluster

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Clustering Method Based on Boxplot Statistics

Gianmarco Alberti

Last update: 6 December 2023

Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 3.0, GNU General Public License, version 2.0

Software version identifier: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3

Description

Following Arroyo-Maté-Roque (2006), the function calculates the distance between rows or columns of the dataset using the generalized Minkowski metric as described by Ichino-Yaguchi (1994). The distance measure gives more weight to differences between quartiles than to differences between extremes, making it less sensitive to outliers. Further,the function calculates the silhouette width (Rousseeuw 1987) for different numbers of clusters and selects the number of clusters that maximizes the average silhouette width, unless a specific number of clusters is provided by the user. The approach implemented in this package is based on the following publications: Rousseeuw (1987) <doi:10.1016/0377-0427(87)90125-7>; Ichino-Yaguchi (1994) <doi:10.1109/21.286391>; Arroyo-Maté-Roque (2006) <doi:10.1007/3-540-34416-0_7>.

Cites work

• Generalized Minkowski metrics for mixed feature-type data analysis
• Silhouettes: A graphical aid to the interpretation and validation of cluster analysis
• Hierarchical Clustering for Boxplot Variables

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