Package ffx.numerics.clustering

Class WeightedLinkageStrategy

java.lang.Object

ffx.numerics.clustering.WeightedLinkageStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

LinkageStrategy

public class WeightedLinkageStrategy
extends Object
implements LinkageStrategy

Linkage strategy that computes a weighted average of pairwise distances using the associated weights of cluster members.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Lars Behnke, 2013, Michael J. Schnieders

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
WeightedLinkageStrategy()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Distance	calculateDistance(Collection<Distance> distances)	Computes a weighted average of provided distances using their weights.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

WeightedLinkageStrategy

public WeightedLinkageStrategy()

Method Details

calculateDistance

public Distance calculateDistance(Collection<Distance> distances)

Computes a weighted average of provided distances using their weights.

Specified by:

calculateDistance in interface LinkageStrategy

Parameters:

distances - collection of distances, each providing a weight

Returns:

a Distance whose value is the weight-normalized average, with total weight set