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.
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| Series: | Lecture notes in statistics (Springer-Verlag) ;
93. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIII, 238 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781461226864 (electronic bk.) 1461226864 (electronic bk.) |