A new cluster-validity for fuzzy clustering

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1089-1097

  Zahid, N ^a   Limouri, M ^a   Essaid, A ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cluster validity; Entropy; Fuzzy clustering; Fuzzy compactness; Fuzzy separation; Partition coefficient

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

CLUSTER VALIDITY; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY COMPACTNESS; FUZZY SEPARATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT;

FUZZY SETS;

ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENTROPY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS;

EID: 0033167147     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3203(98)00157-5     Document Type: Article

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