Sorry, I wasn't trying to submit a bug report just yet. I wanted to see if I was using the command correctly. Here is a complete example (the row names have numbers in them):
> library(cluster) > stats.table slope.for slope.ter prof.len break.elv 1 ALLYN W 0.09 0.05 63.3 1.46 2 ARCADIA 0.12 0.09 40.8 0.43 3 BURFOOT 0.12 0.03 58.9 0.78 4 CAMA BE 0.15 0.05 50.4 0.88 5 DASH PO 0.09 0.01 290.5 3.14 6 EAGLE C 0.09 0.01 226.4 1.49 7 FAY BAI 0.13 0.02 60.3 0.78 8 FORT WA 0.11 NA 36.0 NA 9 FOUL WE 0.15 0.10 31.9 2.38 10 GOLDEN 0.10 0.01 121.1 1.53 11 HERRON 0.13 0.04 69.5 1.59 12 JACOBYS 0.13 0.07 50.9 2.22 13 JOEMMA 0.13 0.04 78.7 2.03 14 KEYSTON 0.15 NA 31.7 NA 15 KITSAP 0.08 NA 41.6 NA 17 OLD MAN 0.13 0.05 39.0 0.74 18 POINT-N 0.13 0.02 76.2 1.00 19 POSSESS 0.10 0.04 60.3 1.11 20 POTLATC 0.07 0.03 55.8 0.09 21 TERMINA 0.09 0.03 88.4 1.80 22 SILVERD 0.06 0.06 57.4 0.50 23 TOLMIE 0.11 0.01 309.2 2.56 24 WARM BE 0.03 0.01 253.5 1.07 > pam(stats.table, metric="euclidean", stand=TRUE, medoids=c(1,3,20,2,5), k=5) This command crashes RGUI.exe and windows sends an error report to Microsoft. It also crashes if I first subtract the NA rows from stats.table. Thanks, David On 6/8/05, Martin Maechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> "David" == David Finlayson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>> on Tue, 7 Jun 2005 12:11:25 -0700 writes: > > David> I am using the PAM algorithm in the CLUSTER library. > David> When I allow PAM to seed the medoids using the default __build__ > David> algorithm things work > David> well: > > >> pam(stats.table, metric="euclidean", stand=TRUE, k=5) > > David> But I have some clusters from a Hierarchical analysis that I would > David> like to use as seeds for the PAM algorithm. I can't figure what the > David> mediod argument wants. When I put in the five integer indicies for > the > David> observations in stats.table that I would like to use as seeds (the > row > David> numbers), I segfault R. > > >> pam(stats.table, metric="euclidean", stand=TRUE, > medoids=c(1,3,20,2,5), k=5) > > David> *** R Crashes *** > > this is not very helpful. > > Can you please READ the posting guide and then > do as the guide says : > > - post a *reproducible* example > - tell more about what happens when "R Crashes" > > David> Here is my version info: > >> version > David> _ > David> platform i386-pc-mingw32 > David> arch i386 > David> os mingw32 > David> system i386, mingw32 > David> status > David> major 2 > David> minor 0.1 > David> year 2004 > David> month 11 > David> day 15 > David> language R > > David> Any guidance would be appreciated. > > David> David > > David> -- > David> David Finlayson > David> Marine Geology & Geophysics > David> School of Oceanography > David> Box 357940 > David> University of Washington > David> Seattle, WA 98195-7940 > David> USA > > David> Office: Marine Sciences Building, Room 112 > David> Phone: (206) 616-9407 > David> Web: http://students.washington.edu/dfinlays > > David> ______________________________________________ > David> R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > David> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > David> PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > -- David Finlayson Marine Geology & Geophysics School of Oceanography Box 357940 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7940 USA Office: Marine Sciences Building, Room 112 Phone: (206) 616-9407 Web: http://students.washington.edu/dfinlays ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html