blox: Block Diagonal Matrix Approximation

Finds the best block diagonal matrix approximation of a symmetric matrix. This can be exploited for divisive hierarchical clustering using singular vectors, named HC-SVD. The method is described in Bauer (202Xa) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2308.06820>.

Version: 0.0.1
Imports: matrixStats, Rcpp, RcppArmadillo
LinkingTo: Rcpp, RcppArmadillo
Suggests: corrplot, knitr, psych, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published: 2025-09-30
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.blox (may not be active yet)
Author: Jan O. Bauer ORCID iD [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Jan O. Bauer <j.bauer at vu.nl>
License: GPL-2 | GPL-3 [expanded from: GPL (≥ 2)]
NeedsCompilation: yes
Materials: README
CRAN checks: blox results

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Reference manual: blox.html , blox.pdf

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Package source: blox_0.0.1.tar.gz
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