Unsupervised classification : similarity measures, classical and metaheuristic approaches, and applications

Clustering is an important unsupervised classification technique where data points are grouped such that points that are similar in some sense belong to the same cluster. Cluster analysis is a complex problem as a variety of similarity and dissimilarity measures exist in the literature.This is the f...

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Main Authors: Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra , 1968- (Author), Saha, Sriparna (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer , c2013
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245 1 0 |a Unsupervised classification :   |b similarity measures, classical and metaheuristic approaches, and applications   |c Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Sriparna Saha 
260 |a New York :   |b Springer ,   |c c2013 
300 |a xviii, 262 p. :   |b ill. (some col.) ;   |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. Some single- and multiobjective optimization techniques -- 3. Similarity measures -- 4. Clustering algorithms -- 5. Point symmetry-based distance measures and their applications to clustering -- 6. A validity index based on symmetry: application to satellite image segmentation -- 7. Symmetry-based automatic clustering -- 8. Some line symmetry distance-based clustering techniques -- 9. Use of multiobjective optimization for data clustering 
520 |a Clustering is an important unsupervised classification technique where data points are grouped such that points that are similar in some sense belong to the same cluster. Cluster analysis is a complex problem as a variety of similarity and dissimilarity measures exist in the literature.This is the first book focused on clustering with a particular emphasis on symmetry-based measures of similarity and metaheuristic approaches. The aim is to find a suitable grouping of the input data set so that some criteria are optimized, and using this the authors frame the clustering problem as an optimization one where the objectives to be optimized may represent different characteristics such as compactness, symmetrical compactness, separation between clusters, or connectivity within a cluster. They explain the techniques in detail and outline many detailed applications in data mining, remote sensing and brain imaging, gene expression data analysis, and face detection.The book will be useful to graduate students and researchers in computer science, electrical engineering, system science, and information technology, both as a text and as a reference book. It will also be useful to researchers and practitioners in industry working on pattern recognition, data mining, soft computing, metaheuristics, bioinformatics, remote sensing, and brain imaging 
650 0 |a Cluster analysis   |x Data processing 
650 0 |a Pattern perception 
700 1 |a Saha, Sriparna ,   |e author 
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