Abstract
We improve the visual assessment of tendency (VAT) technique, which, developed by J.C. Bezdek, R.J. Hathaway and J.M. Huband, uses a visual approach to find the number of clusters in data. Instead of using square gray level images of dissimilarity matrices as in VAT, we further process the matrices and produce the tendency curves. Possible cluster structure will be shown as peak-valley patterns on the curves, which can be caught not only by human eyes but also by the computer. Our numerical experiments showed that the computer can catch cluster structures from the tendency curves even in cases where the visual outputs of VAT are virtually useless.
Original language | American English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the WSEAS International Conference on Applied Computing Conference |
State | Published - May 26 2008 |
Disciplines
- Mathematics
Keywords
- VAT
- Visual assessment of tendency