Waller, N. G., Kaiser, H. A., Illian, J. B. and Manry, M. (1998) A comparison of the classification capabilities of the 1-dimensional kohonen neural network with two pratitioning and three hierarchical cluster analysis algorithms. Psychometrika, 63(1), pp. 5-22. (doi: 10.1007/BF02295433)
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Abstract
Neural Network models are commonly used for cluster analysis in engineering, computational neuroscience, and the biological sciences, although they are rarely used in the social sciences. In this study we compare the classification capabilities of the 1-dimensional Kohonen neural network with two partitioning (Hartigan and Späthk-means) and three hierarchical (Ward's, complete linkage, and average linkage) cluster methods in 2,580 data sets with known cluster structure. Overall, the performance of the Kohonen networks was similar to, or better than, the performance of the other methods.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Illian, Professor Janine |
Authors: | Waller, N. G., Kaiser, H. A., Illian, J. B., and Manry, M. |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Mathematics and Statistics > Statistics |
Journal Name: | Psychometrika |
Publisher: | Springer |
ISSN: | 0033-3123 |
ISSN (Online): | 1860-0980 |
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