Applying hierarchical grey relation clustering analysis to geographical information systems - A case study of the hospitals in Taipei City

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 7247-7254

  Wu, Wen Hsiang ^a   Lin, Chin Tsai ^b   Peng, Kua Hsin ^c   Huang, Chiu Chin ^d  

^a YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Geographical information system; Grey clustering analysis; Grey relational analysis; Hierarchical clustering analysis; Medical resource

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GREY CLUSTERING ANALYSIS; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESOURCE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY; GIS; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84862812375     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.01.052     Document Type: Article

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