Validating fuzzy partitions obtained through c-shells clustering

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 613-623

  Dave, Rajesh N ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster validity; Fuzzy clustering; Shell clustering; Shell thickness

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA STRUCTURES; FUZZY SETS; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CLUSTER VALIDITY; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY PARTITIONS; SHELL CLUSTERING; SHELL THICKNESS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 0030141444     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8655(96)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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