% STK_MAXABSCORR computes the maximal absolute correlation for a set of points
%
% CALL: MAC = stk_maxabscorr (X)
%
%    computes the Maximum Absolute (linear) Correlation MAC between the columns
%    of the array X.
%
% NOTES:
%
%    * The construction of experimental designs (more specifically, Latin 
%      hypercubes samples) with a small MAC is considered, e.g., by Florian
%      (1992) and Cioppa & Lucas (2007).
%
%    * When X is a Latin hypercube sample, the linear (Pearson) correlation
%      coefficients and Spearman's rank correlation coefficients coincide.
%
% REFERENCES
%
%   [1] Ales Florian, "An Efficient Sampling Scheme: Updated Latin Hypercube
%       Sampling", Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 7:123-130, 1992.
%       http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0266-8920(92)90015-A
%
%   [2] Thomas M. Cioppa and Thomas W. Lucas, "Efficient Nearly Orthogonal and
%       Space-Filling Latin Hypercubes, Technometrics, 49:1, 45-55, 2007.
%       http://dx.doi.org/10.1198/004017006000000453
%
% See also: stk_mindist, stk_filldist, stk_phipcrit

% Copyright Notice
%
%    Copyright (C) 2013 SUPELEC
%
%    Author:   Julien Bect  <julien.bect@supelec.fr>

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function mac = stk_maxabscorr (x)

if nargin > 1
   stk_error ('Too many input arguments.', 'TooManyInputArgs');
end

% compute the correlation matrix
c = corr (double (x));

% get rid of diagonal terms
c = triu (c, 1);

mac = max (abs (c(:)));

end % function stk_maxabscorr


%!assert (stk_isequal_tolabs (0.0, ...   % Test on an OLHS(5)
%!           stk_maxabscorr ([0.4 0.8 0 -0.4 -0.8; -0.8 0.4 0 0.8 -0.4]')));
