R Observatory: Metrics for MergeKmeans version 0.2.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

MergeKmeans

0.2.0

Clustering Large Datasets by Merging K-Means Solutions

0packages depend

144downloads / year

87.7%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Aqi DongFirst published 2026-07-191 releasesCRAN page ↗

Fast clustering of large datasets by hierarchically merging components of a K-means solution based on the pairwise overlap between the Gaussian mixture components implied by the K-means partition, as proposed by Melnykov and Michael (2020) doi:10.1007/s00357-019-09314-8. Implements the DEMP-K merging algorithm with single, Ward's, average, and complete linkages, the overlap map display for selecting the number of clusters, four K-means variants corresponding to Gaussian mixtures with spherical or elliptical, homoscedastic or heteroscedastic components, and a tool for selecting the number of K-means components.

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("MergeKmeans", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-mergekmeans

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-MergeKmeans

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-MergeKmeans

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 1.8 min · r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.41

87.7%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

5

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-07-20
6 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 446 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 89%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 50%

Downloads

144

CRAN downloads in the past year

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Dependencies

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8 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

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statsgraphicsgrDevicesutilsparallel

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Suggests (8)

CompQuadForm MixSim mclust broom tibble testthat (>= 3.0.0)knitr rmarkdown

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none

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People & History

People (5)

Maintainer (1)

Aqi Dong

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Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

0.2.0Latest
2026-07-19 · current release
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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2026-07-19
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
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Cite

Cite this package

Start here. This is the citation for the package itself.

citation("MergeKmeans")

CRAN DOI

https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.MergeKmeans

BibTeX, derived from DESCRIPTION

@Manual{MergeKmeans,
  title  = {MergeKmeans: Clustering Large Datasets by Merging K-Means Solutions},
  author = {Dong, Aqi and Li, Peng and Li, Xuejian and Liao, Yang-Li and Melnykov, Volodymyr},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {R package version 0.2.0},
  doi    = {10.32614/CRAN.package.MergeKmeans},
  url    = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=MergeKmeans}
}

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BibTeX

@misc{robservatoryMergeKmeans,
  author    = {Balamuta, James Joseph},
  title     = {{R} {Observatory}: Metrics for {MergeKmeans} version 0.2.0},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {HJJB, LLC},
  url       = {https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/MergeKmeans},
  note      = {Data set. Data release v2026-08-05}
}

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for MergeKmeans version 0.2.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-05. https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/MergeKmeans

RIS

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TI  - R Observatory: Metrics for MergeKmeans version 0.2.0
PY  - 2026
PB  - HJJB, LLC
N1  - Data release v2026-08-05
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In prose

These package metrics were obtained from the R Observatory (Balamuta, 2026), data release v2026-08-05, https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/MergeKmeans.

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