Hello Doug,



I will really appreciate it if you could send me electronic copies of both
papers on clustering and MDS (in press?).

I promise to respect any conditions you may have about the use of these
papers.



Thanks a million.



Henry





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From: Classification, clustering, and phylogeny estimation
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Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:33 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Question about cluster analysis techniques



First of all, MDS is NOT a clustering method, although the two methodologies
are often used in a complementary manner, just as, say, principal components
and clustering analysis may sometimes be (but often in an inappropriate
way).

Secondly, there's an enormous literature on both subjects, including
numerous papers discussing the two approaches and their interrelationships.
Two papers that were recently completed that might be helpful to you, both
to be published in the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, are
one by Carroll, Arabie and Hubert on MDS and another by Arabie, Hubert and
Carroll on Clustering.  These are both short overview articles, but provide
other references which could be useful to you.  Since these papers are not
yet published, if you're interested I could arrange to send you electronic
copies of preprints of both.

Doug Carroll

At 11:13 AM 5/5/2004 -0500, Henry Bulley wrote:




Hello all,



Do any of you know of a good review paper/article that discusses cluster
analysis/cluster validation as well as other clustering approaches like MDS?



Thanks



Henry





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From: Classification, clustering, and phylogeny estimation
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of F. James Rohlf
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 8:23 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Question about cluster analysis techniques



You might find more responses to such questions on the morphometrics list
server. For information about joining this list see
http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/morphmet.html. You might also find this
website useful has it has links to many resources for the study of shape
variation.

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F. James Rohlf
State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245
www: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/rohlf

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From: Classification, clustering, and phylogeny estimation
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angelique Augereau

Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 6:23 PM

To: [log in to unmask]

Subject: Question about cluster analysis techniques

Hi,



I have human body scan data on 4 parts of the body: waist, upper hip, high
hip and lower hip.  I am trying to find a way to classify human bodies into
different types based on the 4 measures.  E.g. straight body, pear shape,
etc.



Can you please tell me what kinds of techniques would be appropriate for
this kind of analysis?  I am working with Mathematica.



Thanks!



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