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Calculate the numerator and denominator components of the Bray-Curtis dissimilarity index. The Bray-Curtis dissimilarity is calculated as \(\frac{\sum_{i} |x_i - y_i|}{\sum_{i} (x_i + y_i)}\)

Usage

bray1(x, y)

Arguments

x

numeric vector of the first sample to be compared

y

numeric vector of the second sample to be compared

Value

A named numeric vector with two elements:

  • num - numerator: sum of absolute differences between x and y

  • den - denominator: sum of x and y values