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THE INTERPRETATION OF NEIGHBOURHOOD RADII AND LINKAGE DISTANCE AS USED FOR CLUSTERING
Author(s) -
Newman K. W.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1220078
Subject(s) - cluster analysis , neighbourhood (mathematics) , percentile , interpretation (philosophy) , space (punctuation) , pattern recognition (psychology) , mathematics , linkage (software) , artificial intelligence , statistics , computer science , geography , biology , mathematical analysis , genetics , gene , programming language , operating system
Summary A procedure has been described for interpreting the resemblance distance between objects which are represented by points in a multidimensional space, in terms of percentile radii about these points. An illustration of the procedure demonstrated its usefulness for the recognition and analysis of innate group structure.