R help - Jun 2008 - heatmap.2 dendogram algorithm

Hello

does anyone know what algorithm is used to produce the hierarchical
clustering in the gplots package using the function heatmap.2?  I think it
may be the complete linkage clustering algorithm, but I can't find a source
that seems reliable.

Thank you and sorry if I posted this in the wrong place.  If I have, please
let me know and I will move it to the appropriate list.
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RobertsLRRI wrote:
> Hello
> 
> does anyone know what algorithm is used to produce the hierarchical
> clustering in the gplots package using the function heatmap.2?  I think it
> may be the complete linkage clustering algorithm, but I can't find a
source
> that seems reliable.
Did you look at the help page?

I get

Usage:

      heatmap.2 (x,

                           # dendrogram control
                           Rowv = TRUE,
                           Colv=if(symm)"Rowv" else TRUE,
                           distfun = dist,
                           hclustfun = hclust,

Then ?hclust gives me

Usage:

      hclust(d, method = "complete", members=NULL)

> 
> Thank you and sorry if I posted this in the wrong place.  If I have, please
> let me know and I will move it to the appropriate list.
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