determineCohesion {LabourMarketAreas}

determineCohesion

Description

Computes the cohesion matrix.

Usage

determineCohesion(LWClus, marginals)

Arguments

LWClus

data table containing the flows between the clusters.

marginals

data table containing the main characteristics of the current set of clusters.

Value

The cohesion matrix between clusters.

Note

This function is called and used internally by the main function findClusters through the function determineRegroupList.

Author(s)

Daniela Ichim, Luisa Franconi, Michele D'Alo', Guido van den Heuvel

References

[1] Coombes, M.G., Green, A.E. and Openshow, S. (1986). An efficient algorithm to generate official statistics report areas: the case of the 1984 Travel-to-Work Areas in Britain. The Journal of Operational Research Society, Vol. 37, No. 10, pp. 943-953.

[2] Franconi, L., D'Alo' M. and Ichim, D. (2016). Istat implementation of the algorithm to develop Labour Market Areas.

See Also

determineRegroupList