On the Properties of α-Unchaining Single Linkage Hierarchical Clustering

Alvaro Martínez-Pérez ()
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Alvaro Martínez-Pérez: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Journal of Classification, 2016, vol. 33, issue 1, No 7, 118-140

Abstract: Abstract In the election of a hierarchical clustering method, theoretic properties may give some insight to determine which method is the most suitable to treat a clustering problem. Herein, we study some basic properties of two hierarchical clustering methods: α-unchaining single linkage or SL(α) and a modified version of this one, SL∗(α). We compare the results with the properties satisfied by the classical linkage-based hierarchical clustering methods.

Keywords: Hierarchical clustering; Single linkage; Chaining effect; Weakly unchaining; α-bridge-unchaining (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s00357-016-9198-2

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