 Single-linkage clustering (source code)

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= Single-linkage clustering
{title2=$d(C,D)=\min_{x\in C,y\in D}d(x,y)$}

= Single link
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The nearest cross-pair distance determines the next merge. At a threshold, clusters are connected components of the graph joining pairs below that threshold. This handles nonconvex shapes but can join otherwise separate groups through a chain of intermediate observations.

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