QCA (version 0.2-0)

factorize: Factorize a QCA solution using common literals

Description

Factorizes the outcome of a solution found by the Quine-McCluskey algorithm

Usage

factorize(my.string, use.letters=TRUE,
          sort.by.literals=FALSE, sort.by.number=FALSE)

Arguments

my.string

a string which contains a sequence of literals

use.letters

specify whether conditions' names are simple letters

sort.by.literals

sort results by the largest number of literals as common factor

sort.by.number

sort results by the largest number of elements that have been factorized

References

Ragin, Charles C. 1987 The Comparative Method. Moving beyond qualitative and quantitative strategies, Berkeley: University of California Press

See Also

'qmcc'

Examples

factorize("AB + AC + CD")

factorize("one*TWO*four + one*THREE + THREE*four", use.letters=FALSE)