A comparison of the classification capabilities of the 1-dimensional Kohonen neural network with two partitioning and three hierarchical cluster analysis algorithms

Psychometrika

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-22

  Waller, Niels G ^a   Kaiser, Heather A ^a   Illian, Janine B ^c   Manry, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c University of California ^*

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Kohonen models; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032342923     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02295433     Document Type: Review

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