聚类分析外文文献及翻译.pdf

本科毕业论文 外文文献及译文 文献、资料题目： Cluster Analysis —Basic Concepts and Algorithms 文献、资料来源： 文献、资料发表（出版）日期： 院 （部）： 土木工程学院 专 业 ： 土木工程 班 级： 姓 名： 学 号： 指导教师： 翻译日期： 外文文献：　 Cluster Analysis —Basic Concepts and Algorithms Cluster analysis divides data into groups (clusters) that are meaningful, useful,or both. If meaningful groups are the goal, then the clusters should capture the natural structure of the data. In some cases, however, cluster analysis is only a useful starting point for other purposes, such as data summarization. Whether for understanding or utility, cluster analysis has long played an important role in a wide variety of fields: psychology and other social sciences, biology,statistics, pattern recognition, information retrieval, machine learning, and data mining. There have been many applications of cluster analysis to practical problems. We provide some specific examples, organized by whether the purpose of the clustering is understanding or utility. Clustering for Understanding Classes, or conceptually meaningful groups of objects that share common characteristics, play an important role in how people analyze and describe the world. Indeed, human beings are skilled at dividing objects into groups (clustering) and assigning particular objects to these groups (classification). For example, even relatively young children can quickly label the objects in a photograph as buildings, vehicles, people, - 1 - animals, plants, etc. In the context of understanding data, clusters are p