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<p>In this paper, experimental data, given in the form of pairwise comparisons, such as distances or similarities, are considered. Clustering algorithms for processing such data are developed based on the well-known k-means procedure. Relations to factor analysis are shown. The problems of improving clustering quality and of finding the proper number of clusters in the case of pairwise comparisons are considered. Illustrative examples are provided.</p>
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In this paper, experimental data, given in the form of pairwise comparisons, such as distances or similarities, are considered. Clustering algorithms for processing such data are developed based on the well-known k-means procedure. Relations to factor analysis are shown. The problems of improving clustering quality and of finding the proper number of clusters in the case of pairwise comparisons are considered. Illustrative examples are provided.

Clustering of Data Represented by Pairwise Comparisons

Control and Cybernetics

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In this paper, experimental data, given in the form of pairwise comparisons, such as distances or similarities, are considered. Clustering algorithms for...

Clustering of Data Represented by Pairwise Comparisons

Published Online: Mar 22, 2023

Page range: 343 - 387

Received: Aug 01, 2022

Accepted: Sep 01, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/candc-2022-0021

Keywords
clustering, -means, distance, similarity

© 2022 Sergey Dvoenko, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Clustering of Data Represented by Pairwise Comparisons

Published Online: Mar 22, 2023

Page range: 343 - 387

Received: Aug 01, 2022

Accepted: Sep 01, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/candc-2022-0021

Keywordsclustering, -means, distance, similarity

© 2022 Sergey Dvoenko, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
clustering, -means, distance, similarity