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Clustering Algorithms for Bioconductor

v1.22.0 · software · GPL-3

Release Lineage

Entered 3.12 · Oct 28, 2020

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 12 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

Wraps common clustering algorithms in an easily extended S4 framework. Backends are implemented for hierarchical, k-means and graph-based clustering. Several utilities are also provided to compare and evaluate clustering results.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

54 33 exported

Complexity

3.2 avg / 11 max

Call network

54 nodes / 23 edges

Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

8,068

Files

100

Compiled share

1.4%

Has compiled src

Yes

Language breakdown

R 3,533 (43.8%)C/C++/src 115 (1.4%)Tests 1,641 (20.3%)Docs 2,225 (27.6%)Vignettes 554 (6.9%)

API

Exported functions

37

Internal functions

16

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.46

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

System requirements

1

C++ standard

License

GPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

12

First release

2020-10-27

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

182 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

1

LOC over versions

v3.12: 3,808 LOCv3.13: 7,743 LOCv3.14: 7,756 LOCv3.15: 7,772 LOCv3.16: 7,772 LOCv3.17: 7,760 LOCv3.18: 8,147 LOCv3.19: 8,147 LOCv3.20: 8,066 LOCv3.21: 8,066 LOCv3.22: 8,068 LOCv3.23: 8,068 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 52 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
72%
Return-value docs
96%
References docs
10%

Topics

Depended on by (41)

CRAN (3)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("bluster")
Lun, A., Borman, T., Courbayre, B., Hicks, S., & Lahti, L. (2026). bluster: Clustering Algorithms for Bioconductor (Version 1.22.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/bluster

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

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APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for bluster version 1.22.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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