Methods of Determining the Number of Clusters in a Data Set and a New Clustering Criterion
In cluster analysis, a fundamental problem is to determine the best estimate of the number of clusters, which has a deterministic effect on the clustering results. However, a limitation in current applications is that no convincingly acceptable solution to the best-number-of-clusters problem is avai...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29957 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12062005-153906/ |