Effect of data standardization on the result of k-means clustering

Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 59-67

  Tanioka, Kensuke ^a   Yadohisa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STANDARDIZATION;

CLUSTERING RESULTS; DATA STANDARDIZATION; EUCLIDEAN NORM; HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA; HIGH DIMENSIONALITY; MULTIVARIATE DATA; USER'S NEEDS; VARIABLE RANGE;

K-MEANS CLUSTERING;

EID: 84880571588     PISSN: 14318814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-24466-7_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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