Fuzziness measurement of fuzzy sets and its application in cluster validity analysis

International Journal of Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 188-197

  Gao, Xinbo ^a   Li, Jie ^b   Tao, Dacheng ^b   Li, Xuelong ^b  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cluster validity; Fuzziness measurement; Partition entropy; Partition fuzziness

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER VALIDITY; FUZZINESS MEASUREMENT; PARTITION ENTROPY; PARTITION FUZZINESS;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 38849095762     PISSN: 15622479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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