Apply robust segmentation to the service industry using kernel induced fuzzy clustering techniques

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 8395-8400

  Wang, Chih Hsuan ^a,b  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Kernel induced fuzzy clustering; Robust classification; Robust segmentation

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SALES;

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT; CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION; FUZZY CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES; HYBRID APPROACH; ROBUST CLASSIFICATION; ROBUST SEGMENTATION; SEGMENTATION RESULTS; SERVICE INDUSTRIES;

FUZZY CLUSTERING;

EID: 77957826462     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.05.042     Document Type: Article

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