FCM: The fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm

James C. Bezdek; Robert Ehrlich; William E. Full

doi:10.1016/0098-3004(84)90020-7

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Cluster analysisWeightingFortranAlgorithmFuzzy logicComputer scienceDiagonalFuzzy clusteringData miningMathematicsArtificial intelligence

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Year: 1984
Type: article
Volume: 10
Issue: 2-3
Pages: 191-203
Citations: 6354
Access: Closed

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                                    James C. Bezdek, 
                                
                                    Robert Ehrlich, 
                                
                                    William E. Full
                                
                            (1984). 
                            FCM: The fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm. 
                            Computers & Geosciences
                            , 10
                            (2-3)
                            , 191-203.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0098-3004(84)90020-7

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