Ronald S. King: Cluster Analysis and Data Mining, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Cluster analysis is used in data mining and is a common technique for statistical data analysis used in many fields of study, such as the medical & life sciences, behavioral & social sciences, engineering, and in computer science. This book is applicable to either a course on clustering and classification or as a companion text for a first class in applied statistics. It features: puts emphasis on illustrating the underlying logic in making decisions during the cluster analysis; brings out the related applications of statistics: Ward's method (ANOVA), JAN (regression analysis & correlational analysis), cluster validation (hypothesis testing, goodness-of-fit, Monte Carlo simulation, etc.); and, includes separate chapters on JAN and the clustering of categorical data.