Cluster Analysis (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)

Clusteranalysiscomprisesarangeofmethodsforclassifyingmultivariatedataintosubgroups.Byorganizingmultivariatedataintosuchsubgroups,clusteringcanhelprevealthecharacteristicsofanystructureorpatternspresent.Thesetechniqueshaveprovenusefulinawiderangeofareassuchasmedicine,psychology,marketresearchandbioinformatics.ThisfiftheditionofthehighlysuccessfulClusterAnalysisincludescoverageofthelatestdevelopmentsinthefieldandanewchapterdealingwithfinitemixturemodelsforstructureddata.Reallifeexamplesareusedthroughouttodemonstratetheapplicationofthetheory,andfiguresareusedextensivelytoillustrategraphicaltechniques.Thebookiscomprehensiveyetrelativelynon-mathematical,focusingonthepracticalaspectsofclusteranalysis.KeyFeatures:•Presentsacomprehensiveguidetoclusteringtechniques,withfocusonthepracticalaspectsofclusteranalysis.•Providesathoroughrevisionofthefourthedition,includingnewdevelopmentsinclusteringlongitudinaldataandexamplesfrombioinformaticsandgenestudies•Updatesthechapteronmixturemodelstoincluderecentdevelopmentsandpresentsanewchapteronmixturemodelingforstructureddata.Practitionersandresearchersworkinginclusteranalysisanddataanalysiswillbenefitfromthisbook.