skbio.diversity.alpha.brillouin_d¶
- skbio.diversity.alpha.brillouin_d(counts)[source]¶
Calculate Brillouin index of alpha diversity.
State: Experimental as of 0.4.0.
This is calculated as follows:
\[HB = \frac{\ln N!-\sum^s_{i=1}{\ln n_i!}}{N}\]where \(N\) is defined as the total number of individuals in the sample, \(s\) is the number of OTUs, and \(n_i\) is defined as the number of individuals in the \(i^{\text{th}}\) OTU.
- Parameters
counts (1-D array_like, int) – Vector of counts.
- Returns
Brillouin index.
- Return type
double
Notes
The implementation here is based on the description given in the SDR-IV online manual 1.
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