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A Comparison of Two Approaches to Beta-Flexible Clustering.
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Belbin, Lee; And Others – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1992
A method for hierarchical agglomerative polythetic (multivariate) clustering, based on unweighted pair group using arithmetic averages (UPGMA) is compared with the original beta-flexible technique, a weighted average method. Reasons the flexible UPGMA strategy is recommended are discussed, focusing on the ability to recover cluster structure over…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cluster Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Equations (Mathematics)