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Bray & Curtis (1957) dissimilarity between two non-negative vectors

Usage

BrayCurt(x, y, close = TRUE)

Arguments

x, y

non-negative parts of equal length

close

divide each vector by its own total first

Value

list(bc, estimate, numerator, denominator, similarity, n)

Examples

V <- c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
BrayCurt(V, V)
#> $bc
#> [1] 0
#> 
#> $estimate
#> [1] 0
#> 
#> $numerator
#> [1] 0
#> 
#> $denominator
#> [1] 2
#> 
#> $similarity
#> [1] 1
#> 
#> $closed
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $n
#> [1] 8
#> 
#> $method
#> [1] "Bray & Curtis (1957) dissimilarity, sum|x-y| / sum(x+y); a dissimilarity, not a metric"
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