DMulti {OasisR} | R Documentation |
A function to compute multigroup dissimilarity index
Description
multigroup dissimilarity index, is a multigroup
version of Duncan's dissimilarity index (DIDuncan
)
Usage
DMulti(x)
Arguments
x |
an object of class matrix (or which can be coerced to that class), where each column represents the distribution of a group within spatial units. The number of columns should be greater than 1 (at least 2 groups are required). You should not include a column with total population, because this will be interpreted as a group. |
Value
The multigroup dissimilarity index value (numeric)
References
Sakoda J. N. (1981) A generalized Index of dissimilarity. Demography,18, 245-250
See Also
multigroup indices:
PMulti
, GiniMulti
,
HMulti
, CMulti
, RelDivers
Social diversity indices:
HShannon
, NShannon
,
ISimpson
,
Examples
x <- segdata@data[ ,1:2]
DMulti(x)
[Package OasisR version 3.1.1 Index]