Size
|
the number of objects in the dataset.
|
Metric
|
the metric used for calculating the dissimilarities. Possible values are
"euclidean", "manhattan", "mixed" (if variables of different types were
present in the dataset), and "unspecified".
|
Labels
|
optionally, contains the labels, if any, of the objects of the dataset.
|
NA.message
|
optionally, if a dissimilarity could not be computed, because of too many
missing values for some objects of the dataset.
|
daisy
returns this class of objects.
When provided with "observations by variables" input, also the functions
pam
, clara
and fanny
return a dissimilarity
object, as one component
of their return objects.
"dissimilarity"
class has methods for the following generic functions:
print
.
daisy
, pam
, clara
, fanny
, dist
.