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Determination and validation of group numbers in a cluster analysis: a case study applied to forestry science/Determinacao e validacao do numero de grupos em analise de agrupamento: um estudo de caso em ciencia florestal
The objective of this study was to systematically study and interpret the number of species groups through the adjusted Rand index (ARI), from the combination of the hierarchical technique and connection method characteristics. We attempted to facilitate the work of researchers on the number of grou...
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Published in: | Acta scientiarum. Technology 2016-07, p.339 |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | Spanish |
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Summary: | The objective of this study was to systematically study and interpret the number of species groups through the adjusted Rand index (ARI), from the combination of the hierarchical technique and connection method characteristics. We attempted to facilitate the work of researchers on the number of groups and validation of the groups. The original data based on the Mahalanobis distance, the hierarchical single linkage, complete linkage, average linkage, Ward's and ARI methods were applied. For the validation of methods, cophenetic coefficients and the ARI were used. It was observed that the use of the ARI had the potential to significantly improve the decisions regarding the number operating groups, becoming, therefore, a recommended technique to search for the optimal number of groups. Keywords: cophenetic correlation, clustering algorithm, hierarchical, index of validation. Objetivou-se uma sistematica para o estudo e a interpretacao do numero de grupos por meio do indice de Rand ajustado (ARI), a partir da combinacao de caracteristicas da tecnica hierarquica e dos metodos de ligacao. Assim, procurou-se facilitar o trabalho dos pesquisadores quanto ao numero de grupos e da validacao dos grupos. Os dados originais foram aplicados, com base na distancia de Mahalanobis, da tecnica hierarquica e dos algoritmos de ligacao simples, de ligacao media, de ligacao completa, e do algoritmo de Ward. O numero de grupos foi determinado pelo ARI e para comparacao dos algoritmos de ligacao foram utilizados os coeficientes cofeneticos. Observou-se que o uso do ARI tem o potencial de melhorar significativamente a tomada de decisoes sobre o numero operacional grupos. Palavras-chave: correlacao cofenetica, algoritmo de agrupamento, hierarquica, indice de validacao. |
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ISSN: | 1806-2563 |
DOI: | 10.4025/actascitechnol.v38i3.28359 |