mirkinMetric {partitionComparison}

Mirkin Metric

Description

Compute the Mirkin metric

2(N_{10} + N_{01})

Usage

mirkinMetric(p, q)

## S4 method for signature 'Partition,Partition'
mirkinMetric(p, q)

## S4 method for signature 'PairCoefficients,missing'
mirkinMetric(p, q = NULL)

Arguments

p

The partition P or an instance of PairCoefficients

q

The partition Q or NULL

Methods (by class)

• mirkinMetric(p = Partition, q = Partition): Compute given two partitions

• mirkinMetric(p = PairCoefficients, q = missing): Compute given the pair coefficients

Author(s)

Fabian Ball [e-mail]

References

Mirkin BG, Chernyi LB (1970). “Measurement of the Distance Between Partitions of a Finite Set of Objects.” Automation and Remote Control, 31(5), 786–792.

Examples

isTRUE(all.equal(mirkinMetric(new("Partition", c(0, 0, 0, 1, 1)), 
                              new("Partition", c(0, 0, 1, 1, 1))), 8))