R: PROCESS DATA

process.data {ecp} | R Documentation

## PROCESS DATA

### Description

Initializes components necessary to perform agglomerative analysis.

### Usage

    process.data(member, X, alpha)

### Arguments

`member` | Segment membership vector for the time series.
`X` | A matrix containing the time series with observations in R^d.
`alpha` | Index used for determining the distance between and within segments.

### Details

Called by the e.agglo method, and should not be called by the user.

### Value

Returns a list with the following components.

`gof` | Vector showing the progression of the goodness of fit statistic.
`list` | Matrix showing the progression of the set of change points.
`N` | Number of initial segments.
`sizes` | Sizes of each segment during the agglomerative process.
`right` | Vector containing indices of the right adjacent segments.
`left` | Vector containing indices of the left adjacent segments.
`open` | Vector indicating if a segment has been merged.
`D` | Matrix of distances between segments.
`lm` | Vector containing indices of the starting point of a segment.

### Author(s)

Nicholas A. James

### See Also

`e.agglo`

[Package ecp version 3.1.2 Index]