Towards multicriteria clustering: An extension of the k-means algorithm

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 390-398

  De Smet, Yves ^a   Guzmán, Linett Montano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clustering; k means algorithm; Multiple criteria analysis; Preference modeling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SET THEORY;

CLUSTERING; K-MEANS ALGORITHM; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PREFERENCE MODELING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 2642567646     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2003.06.012     Document Type: Article

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