%0 Journal Article %1 qiu_generation_2006 %A Qiu, Weiliang %A Joe, Harry %D 2006 %J Journal of Classification %K Sampler bioinformatics, clustering, correlations, covariance matrix, %N 2 %P 315--334 %R 10.1007/s00357-006-0018-y %T Generation of random clusters with specified degree of separation %U http://0-link.springer.com.prospero.murdoch.edu.au/article/10.1007/s00357-006-0018-y %V 23 %X We propose a random cluster generation algorithm that has the desired features: (1) the population degree of separation between clusters and the nearest neighboring clusters can be set to a specified value, based on a separation index; (2) no constraint is imposed on the isolation among clusters in each dimension; (3) the covariance matrices correspond to different shapes, diameters and orientations; (4) the full cluster structures generally could not be detected simply from pair-wise scatterplots of variables; (5) noisy variables and outliers can be imposed to make the cluster structures harder to be recovered. This algorithm is an improvement on the method used in Milligan (1985).

@article{qiu_generation_2006, abstract = {We propose a random cluster generation algorithm that has the desired features: (1) the population degree of separation between clusters and the nearest neighboring clusters can be set to a specified value, based on a separation index; (2) no constraint is imposed on the isolation among clusters in each dimension; (3) the covariance matrices correspond to different shapes, diameters and orientations; (4) the full cluster structures generally could not be detected simply from pair-wise scatterplots of variables; (5) noisy variables and outliers can be imposed to make the cluster structures harder to be recovered. This algorithm is an improvement on the method used in Milligan (1985).}, added-at = {2017-01-09T13:57:26.000+0100}, author = {Qiu, Weiliang and Joe, Harry}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/283276b3ad2a1133a635bfd8dbdc8363f/yourwelcome}, doi = {10.1007/s00357-006-0018-y}, interhash = {5c109fa6c600557dec0ff97ce9943394}, intrahash = {83276b3ad2a1133a635bfd8dbdc8363f}, issn = {0176-4268, 1432-1343}, journal = {Journal of Classification}, keywords = {Sampler bioinformatics, clustering, correlations, covariance matrix,}, language = {en}, month = sep, number = 2, pages = {315--334}, timestamp = {2017-01-09T14:01:11.000+0100}, title = {Generation of random clusters with specified degree of separation}, url = {http://0-link.springer.com.prospero.murdoch.edu.au/article/10.1007/s00357-006-0018-y}, urldate = {2013-07-23}, volume = 23, year = 2006 }