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title: 'manydist: Unbiased Distances for Mixed-Type Data'
version: 0.4.3
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.manydist
abstract: A comprehensive framework for calculating unbiased distances in datasets
  containing mixed-type variables (numerical and categorical). The package implements
  a general formulation that ensures multivariate additivity and commensurability,
  meaning that variables contribute equally to the overall distance regardless of
  their type, scale, or distribution. Supports multiple distance measures including
  Gower's distance, Euclidean distance, Manhattan distance, and various categorical
  variable distances such as simple matching, Eskin, occurrence frequency, and association-based
  distances. Provides tools for variable scaling (standard deviation, range, robust
  range, and principal component scaling), and handles both independent and association-based
  category dissimilarities. Implements methods to correct for biases that typically
  arise from different variable types, distributions, and number of categories. Particularly
  useful for cluster analysis, data visualization, and other distance-based methods
  when working with mixed data. Methods based on van de Velden et al. (2024) <https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2411.00429>
  "Unbiased mixed variables distance".
authors:
- family-names: Iodice D'Enza
  given-names: Alfonso
  email: iodicede@gmail.com
- family-names: Markos
  given-names: Angelos
  email: amarkos@gmail.com
- family-names: Velden
  given-names: Michel
  name-particle: van de
- family-names: Cavicchia
  given-names: Carlo
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: (Un)biased Distances for Mixed-Type Data
  authors:
  - family-names: Velden
    given-names: Michel
    name-particle: van de
  - family-names: Iodice D'Enza
    given-names: Alfonso
    email: iodicede@gmail.com
  - family-names: Markos
    given-names: Angelos
    email: amarkos@gmail.com
  - family-names: Cavicchia
    given-names: Carlo
  year: '2024'
  journal: arXiv preprint
  notes: Retrieved from https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00429
  url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00429
repository: https://amarkos.r-universe.dev
commit: 94228bff2baf982238cb9f54e5bd10fbc1b00c8d
date-released: '2025-02-12'
contact:
- family-names: Markos
  given-names: Angelos
  email: amarkos@gmail.com