The clustering method.

Namespace: Imsl.Stat
Assembly: ImslCS (in ImslCS.dll) Version: 6.5.0.0

Syntax

C#
public virtual ClusterHierarchical..::.Linkage Method { get; set; }
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Property Method As ClusterHierarchical..::.Linkage
Visual C++
public:
virtual property ClusterHierarchical..::.Linkage Method {
	ClusterHierarchical..::.Linkage get ();
	void set (ClusterHierarchical..::.Linkage value);
}

Field Value

A ClusterHierarchical.Linkage identifying the clustering method to use.

Remarks

By Default, Method = Linkage.Single.

Method Description
Single Single linkage (minimum distance).
Complete Complete linkage (maximum distance).
AvgWithinClusters Average distance within (average distance between objects within he merged cluster).
AvgBetweenClusters Average distance between (average distance between objects in the two clusters).
Wards Ward's method (minimize the within-cluster sums of squares). For Ward's method, the elements of dist are assumed to be Euclidean distances.

See Also