% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand% Please edit documentation in R/multivariate.R\name{pcoa}\alias{pcoa}\title{Project a distance matrix in a euclidean space (PCOA).}\usage{pcoa(distances)}\description{Project a set of points defined by a distance matrix inan eucleadean space using the Principal Coordinates Analysismethod. This function is mainly a simplifiedinterface on the \code{\link[stats]{cmdscale}} function using asmuch as possible dimensions for the projection. The aims of thisPCoA being only to project point in an orthogonal space thereforewithout any correlation between axis. Because a metric methodis used the used distance must be euclidean(cf \code{\link[ProcMod]{is.euclid}}).}\author{Eric CoissacChristelle Gonindard-Melodelima}