cluster analysis definition

cluster analysis

Statistical classification technique in which cases, data, or objects (events, people, things, etc.) are sub-divided into groups (clusters) such that the items in a cluster are very similar (but not identical) to one another and very different from the items in other clusters. It is a discovery tool that reveals associations, patterns, relationships, and structures in masses of data.

cluster analysis is in the Statistics, Mathematics, & Analysis subject.

cluster analysis appears in the definitions of the following terms: discriminant analysis and data mining

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