[R] clustering on Trinary data

[Weiwei Shi]

Hi, Alex:

I think you need to provide your distance function by your domain
knowledge: for example, for a specific variable, is the distance from
-1 to 1 the same as that of -1 to zero. When you have this own
distance function, you can create a distance matrix. After than, any
cluster package in R can be applied to your question.

my2cents,

HTH,

Weiwei

On 8/6/07, Alex Tsoi <tsoi.teen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have a data matrix with 7 independent variables, and each of them is a
> trinary variable ( - 1, 0 , 1), and I would like to know what kinds of R
> package or method I should use to perform the clustering.
>
> Thanks for any comment or suggestion.
>
>
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> Lam C. Tsoi (Alex)
> Medical University of South Carolina
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