A fuzzy clustering algorithm with a variable focal point

IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1049-1056

  Fazendeiro, Paulo ^a,b   De Oliveira, José Valente ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b IT Portuguese Institute for Telecommunications   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CLUSTERING PROCESSES; DATA ANALYSTS; DATA GROUPINGS; FOCAL POINTS; FUZZY CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; NUMBER OF CLUSTERS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PARTITIONAL CLUSTERING; PARTITIONAL CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 55249094095     PISSN: 10987584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FUZZY.2008.4630499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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