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cluster analysis
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cluster analysis [′kləs·tər ə′nal·ə·səs]
(statistics)
A general approach to multivariate problems whose aim is to determine whether the individuals fall into groups or clusters.


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of Science and Technology) begin their classroom text and reference by first explaining cluster analysis, then move on to describe proximity measures, hierarchical clustering, partition clustering, neural network-based clustering, kernel-based clustering, sequential data clustering, large-scale data clustering, data visualization and high-dimensional data clustering, and cluster validation.
Content covers such issues as: modeling and analysis of biological systems, including human crowds; the application of swarm intelligence models to problems associated with distributed computing, data clustering, and decision making; and, research in insect colonies, human behavior and swarm robotics.
It may also refer to data clustering which is a technique used for data analysis by dividing a data set into subsets whose elements share common traits.
 
 
 
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