Missing data analysis with fuzzy C-Means: A study of its application in a psychological scenario

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 6793-6797

  Di Nuovo, Alessandro G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fuzzy C Means clustering; Missing data analysis; Psychodiagnostic tools

Indexed keywords

DATA IMPUTATION; FUZZY C MEAN; FUZZY C MEANS CLUSTERING; FUZZY C-MEANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MISSING DATA; MISSING DATA ANALYSIS; MISSING VALUES; PSYCHODIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; STATISTICAL SOFTWARE;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY SYSTEMS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; RESEARCH;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

EID: 79951578021     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.12.067     Document Type: Article

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