Linkage methods
In this exercise, you will produce hierarchical clustering models using different linkages and plot the dendrogram for each, observing the overall structure of the trees.
You'll be asked to interpret the results in the next exercise.
Este exercício faz parte do curso
Unsupervised Learning in R
Instruções do exercício
- Produce three hierarchical clustering models on
x
using the"complete"
,"average"
, and"single"
linkage methods, respectively. - Plot a dendrogram for each model, using titles of
"Complete"
,"Average"
, and"Single"
, respectively.
Exercício interativo prático
Experimente este exercício completando este código de exemplo.
# Cluster using complete linkage: hclust.complete
hclust.complete <- ___(dist(x), method = ___)
# Cluster using average linkage: hclust.average
hclust.average <- ___
# Cluster using single linkage: hclust.single
hclust.single <- ___
# Plot dendrogram of hclust.complete
# Plot dendrogram of hclust.average
# Plot dendrogram of hclust.single