Clustering techniques and their applications in engineering

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 221, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1445-1459

  Pham, D T ^a   Afify, A A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustering; Data mining; Engineering applications

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

DATA SETS; ENGINEERING APPLICATION;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DATA MINING; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 36949007156     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES508     Document Type: Review

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