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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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
From:
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 8:23
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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
www: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/rohlf
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From:
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004
6:23 PM
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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