Linkage comparison - hisl6802/ClusteringToolbox GitHub Wiki
Linkage Comparison
The selection of a linkage function will directly impact the resulting clusters identified. The four commonly used linkage functions in agglomerative hierarchical clustering are Ward, Single, Complete and Average. In this functionality, you can test each linkage function against the other or a subset of comparisons.
Input excel sheet
| mz | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | rtmed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1 | G1 | G1 | G1 | G2 | G2 | G2 | ||
| 60.04 | $I_{11}$ | $I_{12}$ | $I_{13}$ | $I_{14}$ | $I_{15}$ | $I_{16}$ | $I_{17}$ | 3.21 |
| 61.04 | $I_{21}$ | $I_{22}$ | $I_{23}$ | $I_{24}$ | $I_{25}$ | $I_{26}$ | $I_{27}$ | 3.62 |
| 62.04 | $I_{31}$ | $I_{32}$ | $I_{33}$ | $I_{34}$ | $I_{35}$ | $I_{36}$ | $I_{37}$ | 3.62 |
| 69.99 | $I_{41}$ | $I_{42}$ | $I_{43}$ | $I_{44}$ | $I_{45}$ | $I_{46}$ | $I_{47}$ | 9.33 |