pamward: PAM from k-solution of hierarchical clustering
Description
Runs a pam clustering (pam) from the solution in k groups of a hierarchical clustering (agnes) .
Usage
pamward(diss, k=3, method="ward", dist)
Arguments
diss
Distance matrix or object.
k
Integer. Number of clusters.
method
Method for the hierarchical clustering (see agnes).
dist
Deprecated. Use diss instead.
Value
An object of class "pam". See pam.object for details.
Details
The function first runs the hierarchical clustering, retrieves the medoids of the solution for the provided k and uses those medoids as start centers for the pam partitioning.