Classification and Dissimilarity Analysis
Classifying objects according to their likeness seems to have been a step in the human process of acquiring knowledge, and it is certainly a basic part of many of the sciences. Historically, the scientific process has involved classification and organization particularly in sciences such as botany,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1994, 1994
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1994 |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Statistics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Classifying objects according to their likeness seems to have been a step in the human process of acquiring knowledge, and it is certainly a basic part of many of the sciences. Historically, the scientific process has involved classification and organization particularly in sciences such as botany, geology, astronomy, and linguistics. In a modern context, we may view classification as deriving a hierarchical clustering of objects. Thus, classification is close to factorial analysis methods and to multi-dimensional scaling methods. It provides a mathematical underpinning to the analysis of dissimilarities between objects |
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| Physical Description: | XIII, 238 p. 4 illus online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781461226864 |