Method and system for clustering optimization and applications

Details Method and system for clustering optimization and applications Method and system for clustering optimization and applications

2008-07-08

2008-07-08

Wong, Leslie (Department: 2164)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C707S793000, C705S014270, C706S048000

Reexamination Certificate

active

09867803

ABSTRACT:
A computer-assisted method for evaluating a cluster assignment for an observation is disclosed. The disclosed method includes, for each of a plurality of observations, obtaining a data set containing no more than one proxy value for each of a plurality of variables, each variable having a plurality of possible values, the data set also containing a cluster assignment for the observation, the cluster assignment identifying one cluster from a plurality of clusters. The disclosed method also includes, for each observation from the plurality of observations, calculating a percent of proxy values for the plurality of variables that equals a mode of that observation's corresponding cluster's proxy values for the corresponding variables, and outputting the percent for each observation.

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