Brainerd-Robinson Quantitative Index

Brainerd-Robinson Quantitative Index

Usage

index_brainerd(x, y, ...)

# S4 method for class 'numeric,numeric'
index_brainerd(x, y)

Arguments

x, y

A numeric vector.

...

Currently not used.

Value

A numeric vector.

Details

A city-block metric of similarity between pairs of samples/cases.

References

Brainerd, G. W. (1951). The Place of Chronological Ordering in Archaeological Analysis. American Antiquity, 16(04), 301-313. doi:10.2307/276979 .

Robinson, W. S. (1951). A Method for Chronologically Ordering Archaeological Deposits. American Antiquity, 16(04), 293-301. doi:10.2307/276978 .

See also

Other beta diversity measures: index_binomial(), index_bray(), index_cody(), index_jaccard(), index_morisita(), index_routledge, index_sorenson(), index_whittaker(), index_wilson()

Author

N. Frerebeau