NJ alternative - Centroid tree

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Centroid sorting, p429 in:

@Article{Williams1966je,
title = {Multivariate {{Methods}} in {{Plant Ecology}}: {{V}}. {{Similarity Analyses}} and {{Information-Analysis}}},
author = {Williams, W. T. and Lambert, J. M.},
date = {1966},
journaltitle = {Journal of Ecology},
volume = {54},
number = {2},
pages = {427--445},
doi = {10.2307/2257960}
}

Alternative to an NJ tree?

The information-theoretic distance is particularly interestin

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A graph splitting approach:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11227-026-08465-x