A fuzzy hybrid hierarchical clustering method with a new criterion able to find the optimal partition

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-338

  Devillez, Arnaud ^a   Billaudel, Patrice ^b   Lecolier, Gérard Villermain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VERLAINE METZ   (France)

^b Institut de Formation Technique Supérieure   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cluster validity; Fuzzy clustering; Hierarchical classification; Optimal partition

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; GRAPH THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

FUZZY CLUSTERING;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 0037118555     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(01)00187-7     Document Type: Article

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