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landau_index: Landau index

Description

Function to obtain the linearity index developed by Landau (1951).

Usage

landau_index(dmatrix)

Value

h index

Arguments

dmatrix

dyadic matrix

Author

Julia P. S. Valente, Matheus Deniz, Karolini T. de Sousa.

Details

The function landau_index is obtained by the following expression: h = (12/n^3-n)* sum(Va - ((n-1)/2))^2, where "h" is the linearity index, "n" is the total of animals, "Va" is the total of times that animal "i" dominated other animals.

References

Landau, H. G. (1951). On dominance relations and the structure of animal societies: I. Effect of inherent characteristics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics, 13, 1-19.

See Also

dmatrix