A general weighted two-way dissimilarity coefficient

Journal of Classification

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-121

  Cox, Trevor F ^a   Cox, Michael A A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissimilarity coefficient; Mixed data; Multidimensional scaling; Proximity; Similarity coefficient; Two mode data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034343577     PISSN: 01764268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003570000006     Document Type: Article

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