On the weighting exponent m in fuzzy C-means (FCM) clustering algorithm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4554, Issue , 2001, Pages 246-251

  Pei, Jihong ^a   Yang, Xuan ^a   Gao, Xinbo ^a   Xie, Weixin ^a  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Data set partition; Fuzzy C Means (FCM) clustering; Fuzzy decision making; Optimal m; Range of m; Weighting exponent m

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; FUZZY SETS; OPTIMIZATION;

CLUSTERING VALIDITY METHOD; FUZZY C-MEANS CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; FUZZY DECISION-MAKING METHODS; WEIGHTING EXPONENT;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0035768303     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.441637     Document Type: Conference Paper

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