[R] Which cluster function can be used to cluster a correlaiton matrix?

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "Vincent" == Vincent Deng <bioflash at gmail.com>
>>>>>     on Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:34:27 +0800 writes:

    Vincent> Hi, I'd got a matrix of correaltion values. Which
    Vincent> cluster method can I use to cluster it?

almost everyone.

The clue is to transform correlations to dissimilarities.
There are several choices for that, and it depends on the
context what you should do. 
If 'Cx' is your correlation matrix, reasonable possibilities are

  Dx <- as.dist(1 - Cx)
  Dx <- as.dist(1 - abs(Cx))
  Dx <- as.dist(sqrt(1 - Cx^2))

and then use  hclust(), agnes(), pam(), [the latter two from
package 'cluster'], ... 
with 'Dx' as dissimilarity