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Brusco, Michael J. – Psychometrika, 2006
Minimization of the within-cluster sums of squares (WCSS) is one of the most important optimization criteria in cluster analysis. Although cluster analysis modules in commercial software packages typically use heuristic methods for this criterion, optimal approaches can be computationally feasible for problems of modest size. This paper presents a…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Heuristics, Problem Solving