An efficient hybrid algorithm based on modified imperialist competitive algorithm and K-means for data clustering

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 306-317

  Niknama, Taher ^a   Fard, Elahe Taherian ^b   Pourjafarian, Narges ^b   Rousta, Alireza ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; DATA MINING; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MICA; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); SILICATE MINERALS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TABU SEARCH;

CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES; DATA CLUSTERING; EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; HONEY-BEE MATING OPTIMIZATION; HYBRID ALGORITHMS; HYBRID EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATIONS; IMPERIALIST COMPETITIVE ALGORITHMS; K-MEANS ALGORITHM;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 79151468703     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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