Silhouettes: A graphical aid to the interpretation and validation of cluster analysis

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 20, Issue C, 1987, Pages 53-65

  Rousseeuw, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

classification; cluster analysis; clustering validity; Graphical display

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DISPLAY DEVICES;

CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL DISPLAYS; PARTITIONING; SILHOUETTES;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0023453329     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0427(87)90125-7     Document Type: Article

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