TreeNode.
compare_rfd
(other, proportion=False)[source]¶Calculates the Robinson and Foulds symmetric difference
State: Experimental as of 0.4.0.
Parameters: | other : TreeNode
proportion : bool
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Returns: | float
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Raises: | ValueError
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See also
Notes
Implementation based off of code by Julia Goodrich. The original description of the algorithm can be found in [R232].
References
[R232] | (1, 2) Comparison of phylogenetic trees. Robinson and Foulds. Mathematical Biosciences. 1981. 53:131-141 |
Examples
>>> from skbio import TreeNode
>>> tree1 = TreeNode.read(["((a,b),(c,d));"])
>>> tree2 = TreeNode.read(["(((a,b),c),d);"])
>>> tree1.compare_rfd(tree2)
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