Data analysis with fuzzy clustering methods

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 192-214

  Döring, Christian ^a   Lesot, Marie Jeanne ^a   Kruse, Rudolf ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternating cluster estimation; Comparison with expectation maximization; Current research; Fuzzy maximum likelihood estimation; Noise and outlier handling; Objective function based methods; Probabilistic and possibilistic cluster partitions

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; PROBABILITY;

ALTERNATING CLUSTER ESTIMATION; COMPARISON WITH EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION; FUZZY MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NOISE AND OUTLIER HANDLING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION-BASED METHODS; PROBABILISTIC AND POSSIBILISTIC CLUSTER PARTITIONS;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 33750289748     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.04.030     Document Type: Article

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