• DocumentCode
    2959707
  • Title

    Tobacco distribution based on improved K-means algorithm

  • Author

    Bin Zheng ; Tang, Fa-zhe ; Yang, Rua-Iong

  • Author_Institution
    Manage. Coll., Dalian Maritime Univ., Dalian, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    22-24 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    724
  • Lastpage
    728
  • Abstract
    In order to solve the problem of distribution area segmentation of tobacco distribution, an improved k-means clustering algorithm was proposed in this paper. Firstly, the density of every node was calculated, and the first K nodes with the highest density were selected as initial clustering centers. Then the marginal nodes were prioritized to avoid the bad effect that marginal nodes might cause on clustering result. The experimental result demonstrated that the improved clustering algorithm not only avoided the local optima but also gave serious consideration to every important marginal node.
  • Keywords
    genetic algorithms; goods distribution; pattern clustering; tobacco industry; distribution area segmentation problem; k-means clustering algorithm; marginal node; tobacco distribution; Algorithm design and analysis; Clustering algorithms; Diversity reception; Logistics; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; Process planning; Production planning; Stochastic processes; Transportation; K-means clustering; initial clustering center; marginal node; tobacco distribution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Service Operations, Logistics and Informatics, 2009. SOLI '09. IEEE/INFORMS International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3540-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3541-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SOLI.2009.5204028
  • Filename
    5204028