Convex clustering: an attractive alternative to hierarchical clustering.

The primary goal in cluster analysis is to discover natural groupings of objects. The field of cluster analysis is crowded with diverse methods that make special assumptions about data and address different scientific aims. Despite its shortcomings in accuracy, hierarchical clustering is the dominan...

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Main Authors: Gary K Chen, Eric C Chi, John Michael O Ranola, Kenneth Lange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-05-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004228