volume.ellipsoid           package:cluster           R Documentation

Compute the Volume of Planar Object

Description:

     Compute the volume of a planar object. This is a generic function
     and a method for 'ellipsoid' objects.

Usage:

     ## S3 method for class 'ellipsoid':
     volume(object)

Arguments:

  object: an R object the volume of which is wanted.

Value:

     a number, the volume of the given 'object'.

See Also:

     'ellipsoidhull' for spanning ellipsoid computation.

Examples:

     example(ellipsoidhull) # which defines `ellipsoid' object <namefoo>

