scipy.cluster.hierarchy.maxdists

scipy.cluster.hierarchy.maxdists(Z)

Returns the maximum distance between any cluster for each non-singleton cluster.

Arguments :

• Z : ndarray

  The hierarchical clustering encoded as a matrix. See linkage for more information.

Returns :

• MD : ndarray A (n-1) sized numpy array of doubles; MD[i] represents the maximum distance between any cluster (including singletons) below and including the node with index i. More specifically, MD[i] = Z[Q(i)-n, 2].max() where Q(i) is the set of all node indices below and including node i.