An MST cluster analysis method under hesitant fuzzy environment

Control and Cybernetics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 645-666

  Zhang, Xiaolu ^a   Xu, Zeshui ^a  

^a Southeast University   (China)

Author keywords

Graph theory based clustering algorithm; Hesitant fuzzy distance; Hesitant fuzzy set; Minimal spanning tree

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876224120     PISSN: 03248569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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