Max-P with data containing zero or very small values

[hokw8198]

Hello! I am working with the 'maxp_greedy' function. It works fine when the values of attributes (to be homogeneous) don't have significant variations. When they contain zero values or very small values, however, it takes forever and doesn't end, which doesn't seem right. Is it normal that maxp-greedy doesn't work well with data containing zeros? This is interesting because when I try the same thing in GeoDa Desktop, it works fine.

I would appreciate any comments. Thanks!