Fuzzy partition models for fitting a set of partitions

Psychometrika

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 229-247

  Gordon, A D ^a   Vichi, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification; Cluster analysis; Consensus fuzzy partition; Membership function; Three way data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035534931     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02294837     Document Type: Article

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