R Observatory: Metrics for clusterGeneration version 1.3.8

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

clusterGeneration

1.3.8

Random Cluster Generation (with Specified Degree of Separation)

23packages depend

190.6Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

11/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Weiliang QiuFirst published 2006-11-1312 releasesCRAN page ↗

We developed the clusterGeneration package to provide functions for generating random clusters, generating random covariance/correlation matrices, calculating a separation index (data and population version) for pairs of clusters or cluster distributions, and 1-D and 2-D projection plots to visualize clusters. The package also contains a function to generate random clusters based on factorial designs with factors such as degree of separation, number of clusters, number of variables, number of noisy variables.

Install

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

install.packages("clusterGeneration", 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-clustergeneration

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-clusterGeneration

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-clusterGeneration

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

Health

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Slowest check: 1.1 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

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Coverage

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Documentation

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Examples that run: 91%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 100%

Downloads

190.6K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #960 · ~522/day · ~15.9K/mo

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Dependencies

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R >= 3.5.0MASS

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Reverse dependencies

23direct

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DoubleML FracKrigingR GCEstim IVPP MVNGmod MVSKmod MultiNMix VisCov corTest manydist mlVAR phytools rEMM skewMLRM stats4teaching stream xtdml EMJMCMC GeometricMorphometricsMix decorrelate mmrm mvnimpute remaCor

Code & Tests

People & History

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Listed in earlier versions (2)

Harry Joe.

no longer listed · 1.2.0 to 1.3.8

Weiliang Qiu

no longer listed · 1.2.0 to 1.3.8

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Package metadata

First published: 2006-11-13
Total releases: 12 / 20 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5.0
Download size: 55 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Cluster Analysis & Finite Mixture Models

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for clusterGeneration version 1.3.8 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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