Clusterability: A theoretical study

Journal of Machine Learning Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-8

  Ackerman, Margareta ^a   Ben David, Shai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA GENERATION; DATA SETS; NP-HARD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 80052409385     PISSN: 15324435     EISSN: 15337928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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