Cluster analysis

Christopher Chatfield and Alexander J. Collins
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Christopher Chatfield: Bath University, School of Mathematics
Alexander J. Collins: Bath University, School of Mathematics

Chapter Chapter Eleven in Introduction to Multivariate Analysis, 1980, pp 212-230 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The basic aim of cluster analysis is to find the ‘natural groupings’, if any, of a set of individuals (or objects, or points, or units, or whatever). This set of individuals may form a complete population or be a sample from some larger population. More formally, cluster analysis aims to allocate a set of individuals to a set of mutually exclusive, exhaustive, groups such that individuals within a group are similar to one another while individuals in different groups are dissimilar. This set of groups is usually called a partition.

Keywords: Cluster Analysis; Cluster Method; Minimum Span Tree; Threshold Distance; Hierarchical Tree (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-3184-9_11

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