VarInf {MixSim} | R Documentation |
Variation of Information
Description
Computes the variation of information for two classification vectors.
Usage
VarInf(id1, id2)
Arguments
id1 |
first partitioning vector. |
id2 |
second partitioning vector. |
Value
Returns the variation of information. It is equal to 0 if and only if two classification vectors are identical.
Author(s)
Volodymyr Melnykov, Wei-Chen Chen, and Ranjan Maitra.
References
Meila, M. (2006) “Comparing clusterings - an information based distance”, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 98, 873-895.
See Also
ClassProp
, and RandIndex
.
Examples
id1 <- c(rep(1, 50), rep(2,100))
id2 <- rep(1:3, each = 50)
VarInf(id1, id2)
[Package MixSim version 1.1-8 Index]