determineRegroupList {LabourMarketAreas}

determineRegroupList

Description

This function determines, for each cluster in LWClus, the cluster with which that cluster is most closely associated. First the cohesion between all pairs of clusters is calculated; then the cohesion is sorted for each cluster and only the last (i.e., highest) one is selected.

Usage

determineRegroupList(LWClus, marginals)

Arguments

LWClus

data table containing the flows between the clusters.

marginals

data table containing the main characteristics of the cluster.

Details

This function determines, for each pair of cluster in LWClus, the cohesion; then it is sorted and only the last (i.e., highest) one is selected. The highest value it associated with the dominant cluster for the dissolved cluster.

Value

Integer: the candidate cluster identifier.

Note

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

Author(s)

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

References

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

See Also

findClusters