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A Cluster Separation Measure

Davies, David L., Bouldin, Donald W.·1979·IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

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A measure is presented which indicates the similarity of clusters which are assumed to have a data density which is a decreasing function of distance from a vector characteristic of the cluster. The measure can be used to infer the appropriateness of data partitions and can therefore be used to compare relative appropriateness of various divisions of the data. The measure does not depend on either the number of clusters analyzed nor the method of partitioning of the data and can be used to guide a cluster seeking algorithm.

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Authors
Davies, D. L., & Bouldin, D. W.
Affiliations
University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Venue
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Published
1979-04
Volume
PAMI-1
Issue
2
Pages
224-227
ISSN
  • 0162-8828 (ISSN-L)
  • 2160-9292
OpenAlex
W2051224630
Cited by
9,145
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1.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (publishedVersion)
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Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Advanced Clustering Algorithms Research
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Data Mining and Machine Learning Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models
Keywords
cluster similarity, data partitioning, cluster validity, data density

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