bfcluster: Buttler-Fickel Distance and R2 for Mixed-Scale Cluster Analysis

Implements the distance measure for mixed-scale variables proposed by Buttler and Fickel (1995), based on normalized mean pairwise distances (Gini mean difference), and an R2 statistic to assess clustering quality.

Version: 1.0.0
Depends: R (≥ 4.0.0)
Published: 2025-11-24
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.bfcluster
Author: Moritz Schäfer [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Moritz Schäfer <moritz1.schaefer at uni-a.de>
License: MIT + file LICENSE
NeedsCompilation: no
Materials: NEWS
CRAN checks: bfcluster results

Documentation:

Reference manual: bfcluster.html , bfcluster.pdf

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Package source: bfcluster_1.0.0.tar.gz
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