[R] fuzzy classification and dissimilarity matrix

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "Jeanne" == Jeanne Vallet <Jeanne.Vallet at inh.fr>
>>>>>     on Fri, 7 Apr 2006 12:43:59 +0200 writes:

    Jeanne> Hello, I want to make a fuzzy classification from a
    Jeanne> dissimilarity matrix (calculated with daisy from
    Jeanne> package 'cluster'). I have tried to use fanny
    Jeanne> (package cluster) but I have the same problems than
    Jeanne> described in a previous message
    Jeanne> (http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/05/4546.html)
    Jeanne> i.e. it always gives me two clusters in the results
    Jeanne> (even if k is different from 2) with the same
    Jeanne> memberships for all cluster. One solution suggested
    Jeanne> to the previous message was to use cmeans from
    Jeanne> package e1071. The problem is that it seems that
    Jeanne> cmeans doesn't work with dissimilarity matrix and I
    Jeanne> have to use daisy because I have mixed data.  What
    Jeanne> can I do ?

This looks like a bug in  fanny(), actually somewhere in its
Fortran code.
Following the above URL leads to a reproducible example --
eventually! -- from Matthias Temple, though a relatively large
example.

I'd like to look at the bug and fix it as soon as possible.
If you want you can also send me (privately, not via R-help!)
your dissmilarity object {resulting from daisy()}, or preferably
your data set and the exact calls you used {daisy(), then
fanny()}, to produce the outcome you mention above.

Regards,
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
 
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