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
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