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A new approach to clustering large databases in data mining.

Lau Hei Yuet. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-76). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Cluster Analysis --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Dissimilarity Measures --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Continuous Data --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Categorical and Nominal Data --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Mixed Data --- p.5 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Missing Data --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- Outline of the thesis --- p.6 / Chapter 2 --- Clustering Algorithms --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1 --- The k-means Algorithm Family --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- The Algorithms --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Choosing the Number of Clusters - the MaxMin Algo- rithm --- p.12 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Starting Configuration - the MaxMin Algorithm --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2 --- Clustering Using Unidimensional Scaling --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Unidimensional Scaling --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Procedures --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Guttman's Updating Algorithm --- p.18 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Pliner's Smoothing Algorithm --- p.18 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Starting Configuration --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Choosing the Number of Clusters --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3 --- Cluster Validation --- p.23 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Continuous Data --- p.23 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Nominal Data --- p.24 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Resampling Method --- p.25 / Chapter 2.4 --- Conclusion --- p.27 / Chapter 3 --- Experimental Results --- p.29 / Chapter 3.1 --- Simulated Data 1 --- p.29 / Chapter 3.2 --- Simulated Data 2 --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3 --- Iris Data --- p.41 / Chapter 3.4 --- Wine Data --- p.47 / Chapter 3.5 --- Mushroom Data --- p.53 / Chapter 3.6 --- Conclusion --- p.59 / Chapter 4 --- Large Database --- p.61 / Chapter 4.1 --- Sliding Windows Algorithm --- p.61 / Chapter 4.2 --- Two-stage Algorithm --- p.63 / Chapter 4.3 --- Three-stage Algorithm --- p.65 / Chapter 4.4 --- Experimental Results --- p.66 / Chapter 4.5 --- Conclusion --- p.68 / Chapter A --- Algorithms --- p.69 / Chapter A.1 --- MaxMin Algorithm --- p.69 / Chapter A.2 --- Sliding Windows Algorithm --- p.70 / Chapter A.3 --- Two-stage Algorithm - Stage One --- p.72 / Chapter A.4 --- Two-stage Algorithm - Stage Two --- p.73 / Bibliography --- p.74

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324698
Date January 2004
ContributorsLau, Hei Yuet., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Statistics.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vii, 76 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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