Distance: The Basic Measures of Similarity and Association

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3.1 What Is Similar and What Is Not

3.2 Distance Metrics As a Measure of Similarity and Association

3.3 What Is Clustering? The k-Means Algorithm and Variations

3.3.1 Variations of the k-Means Algorithm

3.3.2 The Agglomerative Algorithm

3.4 References

3.1 What Is Similar and What Is Not

Sometimes the phrase “look at the big picture” is used to back away from the details and look at what the main patterns or effects are telling you about the set of customers, patients, prospects, cancer treatment records, or measures of star temperature and luminosity. When a database may contain ...

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