Title :
The importance of normalization and standardization in the process of clustering
Author :
Trebuna, Peter ; Halcinova, Jana ; Fil´o, Milan ; Markovic, Jaromir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng. & Manage., Tech. Univ. of Kosice, Kosice, Slovakia
Abstract :
Subject of this article is to highlight the importance of normalization and standardization in the clustering process. The values of each character as they are often the results of measurements in different units, and it can cause that some characters seem to be dominating a few other characters influenced the course of cluster analysis.
Keywords :
normal distribution; statistical analysis; cluster analysis; clustering process; normalization; standardization; Correlation; Euclidean distance; Informatics; Machine intelligence; Measurement units; Standardization;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Machine Intelligence and Informatics (SAMI), 2014 IEEE 12th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Herl´any
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3441-6
DOI :
10.1109/SAMI.2014.6822444
