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%.COPYRIGHT  (c)  1990 European Southern Observatory
%.IDENT      partittab.hlq
%.AUTHOR     FM, IPG/ESO
%.KEYWORDS   MIDAS, help files, PARTITION/TAB
%.PURPOSE    On-line help file for the command: PARTITION/TAB
%.VERSION    1.0  16-APR-1986 : Creation, FM
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SECTION./TABL
\es\co
PARTITION/TAB						16-APR-1986 FM
\oc\su
PARTITION/TABLE intable outable [no_of_class] [alg] [min. card] [s_value]
	non-hierarchical clustering
\us\pu
Purpose:   Non-hierarchical clustering (partitioning).
\up\sy
Syntax:    PARTITION/TAB input output [no_of_class] [alg] [min_card] [s_value]
\ys\pa
           intable = input table
\ap\pa
           outable = output table
\ap\pa
           no_of_class = number of classes sought (default 3)
\ap\pa
           alg = 1 or 2 (min. distances criterion, or exchange
                               method; default = 1)
\ap\pa
           min_card = min. acceptable no. of items per class
                               (default = 1)
\ap\pa
           s_value = seed for random determination of initial classes
                               (default = 37519)
\ap\no
Note:      none

\on\exs
Examples:
\ex
           PARTITION/TAB INTAB OUTAB
           produces class assignments for three classes in the final column
           of OUTAB.
\xe \sxe