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In this paper, we compare five classical distance indices on P n, the set of partitions on n elements. First, we recall the definition of the transfer distance between partitions and an algorithm to evaluate it. Then, we build sets P k(P) of partitions at k transfers from an initial partition P. Finally, we compare the distributions of the five index values between P and the elements of P k(P).
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Denœud, L., Guénoche, A. (2006). Comparison of Distance Indices Between Partitions. In: Batagelj, V., Bock, HH., Ferligoj, A., Žiberna, A. (eds) Data Science and Classification. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-34416-0_3
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