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gii = number of like adjacencies (joins) between pixels of patch type (class) i based on the single-count method. max-gii = maximum number of like adjacencies (joins) between pixels of patch type (class) i (see below) based on the single-count method. |
| Description | AI equals the number of like adjacencies involving the corresponding class, divided by the maximum possible number of like adjacencies involving the corresponding class, which is achieved when the class is maximally clumped into a single, compact patch; multiplied by 100 (to convert to a percentage). If Ai is the area of class i (in terms of number of cells) and n is the side of a largest integer square smaller than Ai, and m = Ai - n2, then the largest number of shared edges for class i, max-gii will take one of the three forms:
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| Units | Percent |
| Range | 0 ≦ AI ≦ 100 Given any Pi , AI equals 0 when the focal patch type is maximally disaggregated (i.e., when there are no like adjacencies); AI increases as the focal patch type is increasingly aggregated and equals 100 when the patch type is maximally aggregated into a single, compact patch. AI is undefined and reported as "N/A" in the "basename".class file if the class consists of a single cell. |
| Comments | Aggregation index is calculated from an adjacency matrix, which shows the frequency with which different pairs of patch types (including like adjacencies between the same patch type) appear side-by-side on the map. Aggregation index takes into account only the like adjacencies involving the focal class, not adjacencies with other patch types. In addition, in contrast to all of the other metrics based on adjacencies, the aggregation index is based on like adjacencies tallied using the single-count method, in which each cell side is counted only once. Consequently, the tallies given in the "basename".adj output file are not correct for this metric. Further, because of the design of the metric, landscape boundary edge segments are ignored, even if a border is provided FRAGSTATS handles this case by distinguishing between internal like adjacencies (i.e., like adjacencies involving cells inside the landscape) and external like adjacencies (i.e., like adjacencies between cells inside the landscape and those in the border). Only internal like adjacencies are used in the calculation of this metric; a landscape border has no affect on this metric. The aggregation index is scaled to account for the maximum possible number of like adjacencies given any Pi. The maximum aggregation is achieved when the patch type consists of a single, compact patch, which is not necessarily a square patch. |
