[R] Identifying clusters of size n

[Dylan Beaudette]

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Nathan S.
Watson-Haigh<nathan.watson-haigh at csiro.au> wrote:
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> Is there a library which is capable of identifying distinct clusters of size n
> from a series of XY coordinates?
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> Failing this, I'd like to be able to to something like:
> Using a sliding window of size n along the x-axis I'd like to determine the
> distance between the center of the points in the window and the closest point
> outside the window. I could then use a distance cutoff to help define my
> clusters of size n. However, how can I calculate this distance?
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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Here is a start, using PAM clustering:

http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/drupal/node/340

cheers,
Dylan