Objective criteria for the evaluation of clustering methods

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 336, 1971, Pages 846-850

  Rand, William M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84950632109     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1971.10482356     Document Type: Article

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