Dendrogram Chart
A
Dendrogram chart is a graphical way to display results from hierarchical cluster analysis. This section describes the construction of a
Dendrogram chart.
Example
The data for this example is grouped into clusters using the
Dissimilarities and
ClusterHierarchical classes. A
Dendrogram node is then created as a child of an axis node. The
Dendrogram constructor requires input values from the
ClusterHierarchical object.
The
setLables and
setLineColor methods are used to customize the look of the chart.
Labels are provided in a
String array in the order of the input data and sorted by the
Dendrogram object to match the output order. Clusters are grouped by color based on the number of elements in the array passed to the
setLineColor method.
import com.imsl.stat.*;
import com.imsl.chart.*;
public class SampleDendrogram extends javax.swing.JApplet {
private JPanelChart panel;
public void init() {
Chart chart = new Chart(this);
panel = new JPanelChart(chart);
getContentPane().add(panel, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
setup(chart);
}
static private void setup(Chart chart) {
/*
1998 test data from 17 school districts in Los Angeles County.
The variables were:
lep - Proportion of LEP students to total tested
read - The Reading Scaled Score for 5th Grade
math - The Math Scaled Score for 5th Grade
lang - The Language Scaled Score for 5th Grade
The districts were:
lau - Los Angeles
ccu - Culver City
bhu - Beverly Hills
ing - Inglewood
com - Compton
smm - Santa Monica Malibu
bur - Burbank
gln - Glendale
pvu - Palos Verdes
sgu - San Gabriel
abc - Artesia, Bloomfield, and Carmenita
pas - Pasadena
lan - Lancaster
plm - Palmdale
tor - Torrance
dow - Downey
lbu - Long Beach
input lep read math lang str3 district
.38 626.5 601.3 605.3 lau
.18 654.0 647.1 641.8 ccu
.07 677.2 676.5 670.5 bhu
.09 639.9 640.3 636.0 ing
.19 614.7 617.3 606.2 com
.12 670.2 666.0 659.3 smm
.20 651.1 645.2 643.4 bur
.41 645.4 645.8 644.8 gln
.07 683.5 682.9 674.3 pvu
.39 648.6 647.8 643.1 sgu
.21 650.4 650.8 643.9 abc
.24 637.0 636.9 626.5 pas
.09 641.1 628.8 629.4 lan
.12 638.0 627.7 628.6 plm
.11 661.4 659.0 651.8 tor
.22 646.4 646.2 647.0 dow
.33 634.1 632.0 627.8 lbu
*/
double[][] data = {
{.38, 626.5, 601.3, 605.3},
{.18, 654.0, 647.1, 641.8},
{.07, 677.2, 676.5, 670.5},
{.09, 639.9, 640.3, 636.0},
{.19, 614.7, 617.3, 606.2},
{.12, 670.2, 666.0, 659.3},
{.20, 651.1, 645.2, 643.4},
{.41, 645.4, 645.8, 644.8},
{.07, 683.5, 682.9, 674.3},
{.39, 648.6, 647.8, 643.1},
{.21, 650.4, 650.8, 643.9},
{.24, 637.0, 636.9, 626.5},
{.09, 641.1, 628.8, 629.4},
{.12, 638.0, 627.7, 628.6},
{.11, 661.4, 659.0, 651.8},
{.22, 646.4, 646.2, 647.0},
{.33, 634.1, 632.0, 627.8}};
String[] lab = {
"lau", "ccu", "bhu", "ing", "com", "smm",
"bur", "gln", "pvu", "sgu", "abc", "pas",
"lan", "plm", "tor", "dor", "lbu"};
// 3rd arg in Dissimilarities gives different results for 0,1,2
try {
Dissimilarities dist = new Dissimilarities(data);
dist.setScalingOption(Dissimilarities.STD_DEV);
dist.compute();
ClusterHierarchical clink =
new ClusterHierarchical(dist.getDistanceMatrix());
clink.setMethod(ClusterHierarchical.LINKAGE_WARDS);
clink.compute();
AxisXY axis = new AxisXY(chart);
// use either method below to create the chart
Dendrogram dc = new Dendrogram(axis, clink,
Data.DENDROGRAM_TYPE_HORIZONTAL);
// Dendrogram dc = new Dendrogram(
// axis,
// clink.getClusterLevel(),
// clink.getClusterLeftSons(),
// clink.getClusterRightSons(),
// Data.DENDROGRAM_TYPE_HORIZONTAL);
dc.setLabels(lab);
dc.setLineColor(new java.awt.Color[]{
java.awt.Color.blue,
java.awt.Color.green,
java.awt.Color.red,
java.awt.Color.orange});
} catch (com.imsl.IMSLException e) {
System.out.println(e.getStackTrace());
}
}
public static void main(String argv[]) {
JFrameChart frame = new JFrameChart();
SampleDendrogram.setup(frame.getChart());
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
