avgVertDep

This function calculates the average vertex depth $AVD(T)$ for a given rooted
tree $T$. The tree must not necessarily be binary. $AVD(T)$ is defined as
$$AVD(T)=\frac{1}{|V(T)|}\cdot\sum_{x\in V(T)} \delta(x)$$ in
which $V(T)$ denotes the set of vertices of $T$, and $\delta(x)$
denotes the depth of the vertex $x$. The average vertex depth is a normalised version of the total path length and an
imbalance index. 
For $n=1$ the function returns $AVD(T)=0$ and a warning. 
For details on the average vertex depth, see 
also Chapter 23 in "Tree balance indices: a comprehensive survey" (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39800-1_23).

The aim of the 'R' package 'treebalance' is to provide functions for the computation of
a large variety of (im)balance indices for rooted trees. The package accompanies the book
''Tree balance indices: a comprehensive survey'' by M. Fischer, L. Herbst, S. Kersting,
L. Kuehn and K. Wicke (2023) <ISBN: 978-3-031-39799-8>, <doi:10.1007/978-3-031-39800-1>, which gives a precise definition for the terms 'balance index' and 'imbalance index' (Chapter 4)
and provides an overview of the terminology in this manual (Chapter 2). For further information
on (im)balance indices, see also Fischer et al. (2021) <https://treebalance.wordpress.com>.
Considering both established and new (im)balance indices, 'treebalance' provides (among
others) functions for calculating the following 18 established indices and index families: the
average leaf depth, the B1 and B2 index, the Colijn-Plazzotta rank, the normal, corrected,
quadratic and equal weights Colless index, the family of Colless-like indices, the family of
I-based indices, the Rogers J index, the Furnas rank, the rooted quartet index, the s-shape
statistic, the Sackin index, the symmetry nodes index, the total cophenetic index and the
variance of leaf depths. Additionally, we include 9 tree shape statistics that satisfy the
definition of an (im)balance index but have not been thoroughly analyzed in terms of tree
balance in the literature yet. These are: the total internal path length, the total path length,
the average vertex depth, the maximum width, the modified maximum difference in widths, the
maximum depth, the maximum width over maximum depth, the stairs1 and the stairs2 index.
As input, most functions of 'treebalance' require a rooted (phylogenetic) tree in 'phylo' format
(as introduced in 'ape' 1.9 in November 2006). 'phylo' is used to store (phylogenetic) trees
with no vertices of out-degree one. For further information on the format we kindly refer the
reader to E. Paradis (2012) <http://ape-package.ird.fr/misc/FormatTreeR_24Oct2012.pdf>.

Luise Kuehn

treebalance

Computation of Tree (Im)Balance Indices

Mareike Fischer

Lina Herbst

Sophie Kersting

Kristina Wicke

avgVertDep function

<dl><dt>tree</dt>
<dd>A rooted tree in phylo format.</dd></dl>

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Author

This function calculates the average vertex depth $AVD(T)$ for a given rooted
tree $T$. The tree must not necessarily be binary. $AVD(T)$ is defined as
$$AVD(T)=\frac{1}{|V(T)|}\cdot\sum_{x\in V(T)} \delta(x)$$ in
which $V(T)$ denotes the set of vertices of $T$, and $\delta(x)$
denotes the depth of the vertex $x$. The average vertex depth is a normalised version of the total path length and an
imbalance index. 
For $n=1$ the function returns $AVD(T)=0$ and a warning. 
For details on the average vertex depth, see 
also Chapter 23 in "Tree balance indices: a comprehensive survey" (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39800-1_23).

Calculation of the average vertex depth for rooted trees — avgVertDep

<dl>

<dt>tree</dt>
<dd>A rooted tree in phylo format.</dd>

</dl>

avgVertDep: Calculation of the average vertex depth for rooted trees

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