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A mathematical comparison of the members of an infinite family of agglomerative clustering algorithms
Author(s) -
Dubien Janice L.,
Warde William D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
canadian journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.804
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1708-945X
pISSN - 0319-5724
DOI - 10.2307/3315012
Subject(s) - cluster analysis , hierarchical clustering , hierarchical clustering of networks , computer science , algorithm , object (grammar) , scheme (mathematics) , space (punctuation) , distortion (music) , algebraic number , mathematics , artificial intelligence , canopy clustering algorithm , fuzzy clustering , mathematical analysis , amplifier , computer network , bandwidth (computing) , operating system
This article presents an algebraic analysis of agglomerative clustering method algorithms, which results in a graphic portrayal of these algorithms and a classification scheme for these algorithms based on the degree of distortion perpetrated on the object space by the algorithms in each group.