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Linkage Methods and Algorithms

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Theory of Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering

Part of the book series: Behaviormetrics: Quantitative Approaches to Human Behavior ((BQAHB,volume 15))

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Two basic aspects of agglomerative hierarchical clustering are linkage methods, also called clustering methods, and algorithms for generating clusters.

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Miyamoto, S. (2022). Linkage Methods and Algorithms. In: Theory of Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering. Behaviormetrics: Quantitative Approaches to Human Behavior, vol 15. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0420-2_2

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