Analyzing and Visualizing State Sequences in R with TraMineR

Gabadinho, Alexis; Ritschard, Gilbert; Mueller, Nicolas Séverin; Studer, Matthias

doi:10.18637/jss.v040.i04

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English

Analyzing and Visualizing State Sequences in R with TraMineR

Contributors

Gabadinho, Alexis; Ritschard, Gilbert

; Mueller, Nicolas Séverin; Studer, Matthias

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Journal of Statistical Software, vol. 40, no. 4, p. 1-37

Publication date

2011

Abstract

This article describes the many capabilities offered by the TraMineR toolbox for categorical sequence data. It focuses more specifically on the analysis and rendering of state sequences. Addressed features include the description of sets of sequences by means of transversal aggregated views, the computation of longitudinal characteristics of individual sequences and the measure of pairwise dissimilarities. Special emphasis is put on the multiple ways of visualizing sequences. The core element of the package is the state sequence object in which we store the set of sequences together with attributes such as the alphabet, state labels and the color palette. The functions can then easily retrieve this information to ensure presentation homogeneity across all printed and graphical displays. The article also demonstrates how TraMineR's outcomes give access to advanced analyses such as clustering and statistical modeling of sequence data.

Keywords

State sequences
Categorical sequences
Sequence visualization
Sequence complexity
Dissimilarities
Optimal matching
Representative sequences

UNIGE affiliation entities

Faculté des sciences de la société / Institut de démographie et de socioéconomie

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GABADINHO, Alexis et al. Analyzing and Visualizing State Sequences in R with TraMineR. In: Journal of Statistical Software, 2011, vol. 40, n° 4, p. 1–37. doi: 10.18637/jss.v040.i04

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PID : unige:16809
DOI : 10.18637/jss.v040.i04

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http://www.jstatsoft.org/v40/i04

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