On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Murray Jorgensen wrote: > Thomas W Blackwell wrote: > > > [...] > > Why not simply use dist() and hclust() ? Starting with > > presence/absence data, what could mclust() possibly do that > > is different from hclust() ? > > Um, fit a statistical model.
Yes, but ellipsoidal contours don't seem awfully useful in the discrete space of n = 4000 binary indicator variables. > > > > - tom blackwell - u michigan medical school - ann arbor - > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > -- > Dr Murray Jorgensen http://www.stats.waikato.ac.nz/Staff/maj.html > Department of Statistics, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax 7 838 4155 > Phone +64 7 838 4773 wk +64 7 849 6486 home Mobile 021 1395 862 > > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
