DocumentCode :
1750562
Title :
On clustering based on homogeneity
Author :
Ilic, Mika Sato
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Policy & Planning Sci., Tsukuba Univ., Ibaraki, Japan
fYear :
2001
fDate :
25-28 July 2001
Firstpage :
2505
Abstract :
The clustering technique in data analysis has had two main problems. One of them is how to determine the number of clusters and the other is concerned with the interpretation of the clustering result, i.e. what the obtained clusters mean. Fuzzy clustering has also had these problems. In this paper, we focus on the problems of fuzzy clustering. The merit of fuzzy clustering is that we can consider not only the status of belonging to the clusters but also how much the objects belong to the clusters. So, we can obtain the clustering result as the degree of belongingness of objects to the clusters, and these values are usually not discrete. Using this feature and the idea of homogeneity from homogeneity analysis, we propose a model to obtain an interpretation of the fuzzy clusters
Keywords :
fuzzy set theory; pattern clustering; cluster number determination; clustering results interpretation; continuous values; data analysis; fuzzy clustering; homogeneity analysis; homogeneity-based clustering; object belongingness degree; Clustering algorithms; Data analysis; Data structures; Fuzzy sets; Lapping; Reproducibility of results;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
IFSA World Congress and 20th NAFIPS International Conference, 2001. Joint 9th
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7078-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/NAFIPS.2001.943616
Filename :
943616
Link To Document :
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