[R] heatmap.2 dendogram algorithm

[James W. MacDonald]

RobertsLRRI wrote:
> Hello
> 
> does anyone know what algorithm is used to produce the hierarchical
> clustering in the gplots package using the function heatmap.2?  I think it
> may be the complete linkage clustering algorithm, but I can't find a source
> that seems reliable.

Did you look at the help page?

I get

Usage:

      heatmap.2 (x,

                           # dendrogram control
                           Rowv = TRUE,
                           Colv=if(symm)"Rowv" else TRUE,
                           distfun = dist,
                           hclustfun = hclust,

Then ?hclust gives me

Usage:

      hclust(d, method = "complete", members=NULL)


> 
> Thank you and sorry if I posted this in the wrong place.  If I have, please
> let me know and I will move it to the appropriate list.

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