• 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