The fuzzy C-means algorithm with fuzzy P-mode prototypes for clustering objects having mixed features

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 160, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3590-3600

  Lee, Mahnhoon ^a   Pedrycz, Witold ^b,c  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Categorical feature type; Fuzzy clustering; Fuzzy p mode prototype; General fuzzy C means clustering algorithm

Indexed keywords

CATEGORICAL FEATURE TYPE; CATEGORICAL FEATURES; CLUSTER PROTOTYPE; DISSIMILARITY MEASURES; FUZZIFICATIONS; FUZZY C-MEANS ALGORITHMS; FUZZY C-MEANS CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; FUZZY P-MODE PROTOTYPE; GENERAL FUZZY C-MEANS CLUSTERING ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; REAL OBJECTS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; COPYING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY SYSTEMS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 70449533088     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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