R: Calculates Bray-Curtis distance measure for ratio data

dist.BC {clusterSim} | R Documentation

## Calculates Bray-Curtis distance measure for ratio data

### Description

Calculates Bray-Curtis distance measure for ratio data

### Usage

    dist.BC (x)

### Arguments

`x` | matrix or dataset

### Details

See file \$R\_HOME\library\clusterSim\pdf\distBC\_details.pdf for further details

### Value

object with calculated distance

### Author(s)

Marek Walesiak marek.walesiak@ue.wroc.pl, Andrzej Dudek andrzej.dudek@ue.wroc.pl

Department of Econometrics and Computer Science, University of Economics, Wroclaw, Poland http://keii.ue.wroc.pl/clusterSim/

### References

Cormack, R.M. (1971), A review of classification (with discussion), "Journal of the Royal Statistical Society", ser. A, part 3, 321-367.

Gatnar, E., Walesiak, M. (Eds.) (2004), Metody statystycznej analizy wielowymiarowej w badaniach marketingowych [Multivariate statistical analysis methods in marketing research], Wydawnictwo AE, Wroclaw, p. 41. Available at: http://keii.ue.wroc.pl/pracownicy/mw/2004_Gatnar_Walesiak_Metody_SAW_w_badaniach_marketingowych.pdf.

### See Also

`dist.GDM`, `dist.SM`, `dist`

### Examples

    library(clusterSim)
    sampleData <- cbind(c(2,3,5),c(4,5,6),c(5,3,4))
    d <- dist.BC(sampleData)

[Package clusterSim version 0.49-2 Index]