Determining the Number of Clusters Using the Weighted Gap Statistic

DOI10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00784.xzbMath1274.62908OpenAlexW2013225614WikidataQ48405971 ScholiaQ48405971MaRDI QIDQ5449900

Mingjin Yan, Keying Ye

Publication date: 19 March 2008

Published in: Biometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00784.x

zbMATH Keywords

cluster analysisgap statisticdifference of difference-weighted gap statisticmultilayer clusteringweighted gap statistic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10)

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