Article ID: | iaor20042891 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 10 |
Issue: | 6 |
Start Page Number: | 611 |
End Page Number: | 617 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2003 |
Journal: | International Transactions in Operational Research |
Authors: | Rubinov A.M., Bagirov A.M., Soukhoroukova N.V., Yearwood J. |
Keywords: | cluster analysis |
The problem of cluster analysis is formulated as a problem of non-smooth, non-convex optimization, and an algorithm for solving the cluster analysis problem based on non-smooth optimization techniques is developed. We discuss applications of this algorithm in large databases. Results of numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of this algorithm.