Computer Programs for Hierarchical Polythetic Classification ("Similarity Analyses") 论文

详细信息

发表期刊/会议

The Computer Journal

发表日期

1966-05-01

发表年份

1966

摘要

It is demonstrated that hierarchical classifications have computational advantages over cluster analyses. Flexible programs are outlined providing two sorting strategies and four alternative similarity-coefficients. Preliminary results suggest that for qualitative data one of the strategies and two of the coefficients are superior to the remainder of the system; the further refinements desirable for a large-scale production program are discussed.