rogersTanimoto {partitionComparison}

Rogers & Tanimoto Index

Description

Compute the index of Rogers and Tanimoto

\frac{N_{11} + N_{00}}{N_{11} + 2(N_{10} + N_{01}) + N_{00}}

Usage

rogersTanimoto(p, q)

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

## S4 method for signature 'PairCoefficients,missing'
rogersTanimoto(p, q)

Arguments

p

The partition P or an instance of PairCoefficients

q

The partition Q or NULL

Methods (by class)

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

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

Author(s)

Fabian Ball [e-mail]

References

Rogers DJ, Tanimoto TT (1960). “A Computer Program for Classifying Plants.” Science, 132(3434), 1115–1118. ISSN 0036-8075, 1095-9203, doi:10.1126/science.132.3434.1115.

Examples

isTRUE(all.equal(rogersTanimoto(new("Partition", c(0, 0, 0, 1, 1)), 
                                new("Partition", c(0, 0, 1, 1, 1))), 3/7))