findMeanSpec: Identify specimen closest to the mean of a set of aligned specimens
Description
A function to identify which specimen lies closest to the estimated mean
shape for a set of aligned specimens.
Usage
findMeanSpec(A)
Arguments
A
A 3D array (p x k x n) containing landmark coordinates for a set of aligned specimens
Value
Function returns the name and address of the specimen closest to the mean of the set of
aligned specimens.
Details
Function takes an array of aligned specimens (such as made by gpagen,
calculates the distance of each to the estimated mean shape, and returns the name and
address of the closest specimen. This function can be used
to identify the specimen to be used by warpRefMesh.