• DocumentCode
    1117318
  • Title

    A Method of Using Cluster Analysis to Study Statistical Dependence in Multivariate Data

  • Author

    Borucki, William J. ; Card, Don H. ; Lyle, Gilbert C.

  • Author_Institution
    NASA Ames Research Center
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1975
  • Firstpage
    1183
  • Lastpage
    1191
  • Abstract
    A technique is presented that uses both cluster analysis and a Monte Carlo significance test of clusters to discover associations between variables in multidimensional data. The method is applied to an example of a noisy function in three-dimensional space, to a sample from a mixture of three bivariate normal distributions, and to the well-known Fisher´s Iris data.
  • Keywords
    Clustering algorithms, data analysis, multivariate analysis, nonlinear data structures, pattern recognition.; Algorithm design and analysis; Clustering algorithms; Data analysis; Fluctuations; Gaussian distribution; Iris; Monte Carlo methods; Multidimensional systems; Statistical distributions; Testing; Clustering algorithms, data analysis, multivariate analysis, nonlinear data structures, pattern recognition.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-C.1975.224162
  • Filename
    1672755