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A polythetic clustering process and cluster validity indexes for histogram-valued objects

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  • Kim, Jaejik
  • Billard, L.

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Clustering is an explanatory procedure which helps to understand data with complex structure and multivariate relationships, and is a very useful method to extract knowledge and information especially from large datasets. When such datasets are aggregated into categories (as driven by scientific questions underlying the analysis), the resulting observations will perforce be expressed as so-called symbolic data (though symbolic data can occur "naturally" in any sized datasets). The focus of this work is to provide a divisive polythetic algorithm to establish clusters for p-dimensional histogram-valued data. In addition, two cluster validity indexes for use in establishing the optimal number of clusters are also developed. Finally, the proposed procedure is applied to a large forestry cover type dataset.

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  • Kim, Jaejik & Billard, L., 2011. "A polythetic clustering process and cluster validity indexes for histogram-valued objects," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 55(7), pages 2250-2262, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:csdana:v:55:y:2011:i:7:p:2250-2262
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