On Tue, 9 Aug 2011, Peter Langfelder wrote:

Assuming you need the full distance matrix at one time (which you do not for
hierarchical clustering, itself a highly dubious method for more than a few
hundred points).

Apologies if this hijacks the thread, but why is hierarchical
clustering "highly dubious for more than a few
hundred points"?

That is off-topic for R-help: see the posting guide.


Peter


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