A clustering algorithm based on the ants self-assembly behavior

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2801, Issue , 2003, Pages 564-571

  Azzag, H ^a   Monmarche N ^a   Slimane, M ^a   Guinot, C ^b   Venturini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b CERIES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SELF ASSEMBLY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL ANT; CLUSTERING PROCESS; DATA CLUSTERING; INITIAL POINT; K-MEANS ALGORITHM; SELF-ASSEMBLING; SELF-ASSEMBLY BEHAVIORS; ARTIFICIAL ANTS; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; SELF-ASSEMBLING BEHAVIOR;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 7444233859     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-39432-7_60     Document Type: Conference Paper

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