On similarity indices and correction for chance agreement

Journal of Classification

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 301-313

  Albatineh, Ahmed N ^a   Niewiadomska Bugaj, Magdalena ^b   Mihalko, Daniel ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohen's kappa.; Comparison of clusterings; Correction for chance agreement; Equivalence of similarity indices; Similarity indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750732338     PISSN: 01764268     EISSN: 14321343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00357-006-0017-z     Document Type: Article

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