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scipy.cluster.hierarchy.correspond

scipy.cluster.hierarchy.correspond(Z, Y)

Checks if a linkage matrix Z and condensed distance matrix Y could possibly correspond to one another.

They must have the same number of original observations for the check to succeed.

This function is useful as a sanity check in algorithms that make extensive use of linkage and distance matrices that must correspond to the same set of original observations.

Arguments :

• Z : ndarray

  The linkage matrix to check for correspondance.

• Y : ndarray

  The condensed distance matrix to check for correspondance.

Returns :

• b : bool

  A boolean indicating whether the linkage matrix and distance matrix could possibly correspond to one another.