Optimal variable weighting for hierarchical clustering: An alternating least-squares algorithm

DOI10.1007/BF01908074zbMath0585.62111OpenAlexW1978616828MaRDI QIDQ1070718

J. Douglas Carroll, Geert de Soete, Wayne S. Desarbo

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Journal of Classification (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01908074

zbMATH Keywords

classificationmathematical programmingEuclidean distancesultrametric treevariable importanceprofile dataadditive, multiple, and three-way treesalternating least-squares algorithmethnic group rating datanew methodology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30)

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Points of view analysis revisited: Fitting multidimensional structures to optimal distance components with cluster restrictions on the variables ⋮ Weighting and selection of variables for cluster analysis ⋮ Least squares algorithms for constructing constrained ultrametric and additive tree representations of symmetric proximity data ⋮ In memoriam, J. Douglas Carroll 1939--2011 ⋮ rCOSA: a software package for clustering objects on subsets of attributes ⋮ Selection of variables in cluster analysis: An empirical comparison of eight procedures ⋮ A maximum likelihood methodology for clusterwise linear regression ⋮ A variable-selection heuristic for K-means clustering ⋮ Identifying Multiple Cluster Structures in a Data Matrix ⋮ In memoriam: J. Douglas Carroll, 1939--2011

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