mclust (version 6.0.1)

mapClass: Correspondence between classifications

Description

Best correspondence between classes given two vectors viewed as alternative classifications of the same object.

Usage

mapClass(a, b)

Value

A list with two named elements,

aTOb and

bTOa which are themselves lists. The aTOb list has a component corresponding to each unique element of a, which gives the element or elements of b

that result in the closest class correspondence.

The bTOa list has a component corresponding to each unique element of b, which gives the element or elements of a

that result in the closest class correspondence.

Arguments

a

A numeric or character vector of class labels.

b

A numeric or character vector of class labels. Must have the same length as a.

See Also

classError, table

Examples

a <- rep(1:3, 3)
a
b <- rep(c("A", "B", "C"), 3)
b
mapClass(a, b)
a <- sample(1:3, 9, replace = TRUE)
a
b <- sample(c("A", "B", "C"), 9, replace = TRUE)
b
mapClass(a, b)