RelativeDistClust

0.1.0

Clustering with a Novel Non Euclidean Relative Distance

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Overview

About

Maintained by Irene Creus MartíFirst published 2025-09-221 releasesCRAN page ↗

Using the novel Relative Distance to cluster datasets. Implementation of a clustering approach based on the k-means algorithm that can be used with any distance. In addition, implementation of the Hartigan and Wong method to accommodate alternative distance metrics. Both methods can operate with any distance measure, provided a suitable method is available to compute cluster centers under the chosen metric. Additionally, the k-medoids algorithm is implemented, offering a robust alternative for clustering without the need of computing cluster centers under the chosen metric. All three methods are designed to support Relative distances, Euclidean distances, and any user-defined distance functions. The Hartigan and Wong method is described in Hartigan and Wong (1979) doi:10.2307/2346830 and an explanation of the k-medoids algorithm can be found in Reynolds et al (2006) doi:10.1007/s10852-005-9022-1.

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("RelativeDistClust", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-relativedistclust

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-RelativeDistClust

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 1.5 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

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Documentation · exports

Dependencies · direct

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Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 24%

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Dependencies

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9 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

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Imports (6)

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testthat clusterSim fpc gtoolscluster

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Irene Creus Martí

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Authors (1)

Irene Creus Martí

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Package Timeline

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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2026-03-10 · current release
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2025-09-22
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Download size: 33 KB
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