There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.

Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

I and i

The increasing volume of data in modern business and science calls for more complex and sophisticated tools. Although advances in data mining technology have made extensive data collection much easier, it's still always evolving and there is a constant need for new techniques and tools that can help us transform this data into useful information and knowledge. Since the previous edition's publication, great advances have been made in the field of data mining. Not only does the third of edition of Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques continue the tradition of equipping you with an understanding and application of the theory and practice of discovering patterns hidden in large data sets, it also focuses on new, important topics in the field: data warehouses and data cube technology, mining stream, mining social networks, and mining spatial, multimedia and other complex data. Each chapter is a stand-alone guide to a critical topic, presenting proven algorithms and sound implementations ready to be used directly or with strategic modification against live data. This is the resource you need if you want to apply today's most powerful data mining techniques to meet real business challenges. * Presents dozens of algorithms and implementation examples, all in pseudo-code and suitable for use in real-world, large-scale data mining projects. * Addresses advanced topics such as mining object-relational databases, spatial databases, multimedia databases, time-series databases, text databases, the World Wide Web, and applications in several fields. *Provides a comprehensive, practical look at the concepts and techniques you need to get the most out of real business data

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Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques

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Pattern Recognition with Fuzzy Objective Function Algorithms

Clustering is the unsupervised classification of patterns (observations, data items, or feature vectors) into groups (clusters). The clustering problem has been addressed in many contexts and by researchers in many disciplines; this reflects its broad appeal and usefulness as one of the steps in exploratory data analysis. However, clustering is a difficult problem combinatorially, and differences in assumptions and contexts in different communities has made the transfer of useful generic concepts and methodologies slow to occur. This paper presents an overview of pattern clustering methods from a statistical pattern recognition perspective, with a goal of providing useful advice and references to fundamental concepts accessible to the broad community of clustering practitioners. We present a taxonomy of clustering techniques, and identify cross-cutting themes and recent advances. We also describe some important applications of clustering algorithms such as image segmentation, object recognition, and information retrieval.

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Data clustering: a review

Data Mining - Concepts and Techniques.

First three competitive learning models are reviewed: learning vector quantization, fuzzy learning vector quantization, and a deterministic scheme called the dog-rabbit (DR) model. These models can be used with labeled data to generate multiple prototypes for classifier design. Then these three models are compared to three methods that are not based on competitive learning: a clumping method due to C.L. Chang; a new modification of C.L. Chang’s method; and a derivative of the batch fuzzy c-means algorithm due to Yen and C.W. Chang. The six multiple prototype methods are then compared to the sample-mean based nearest prototype classifier using the Iris data. All six multiple prototype methods yield lower error rates than the labeled subsample means classifier (which yields 11 errors with 3 prototypes). The modified Chang’s method is, for the Iris data and processing protocols used in this study, the best of the six schemes in one sense; it finds 11 prototypes that yield a resubstitution error rate of 0. In a different sense, the DR method is best, yielding a classifier that commits only 3 errors with 5 prototypes.

Using Competitive Learning Models for Multiple Prototype Classifier Design

This volume contains a well-balanced set of applications and theory papers in artificial intelligence advances. The applications papers each discuss a system that is (or is close to being) a fielded system that solves real problems using one or more AI techniques. They cover areas such as education, physics, energy, control, medicine and mechanical engineering.The theory papers, representing recent advances in various theoretical aspects of AI technology, concern themselves with “building block” issues, i.e. theories, algorithms, architectures, and software tools that can or will be used for modules within future systems. The topics covered are: clustering, natural language, adaptive algorithms, distributed processing, knowledge acquisition, and systems programming.

Advances in artificial intelligence : applications and theory

In this paper we discuss eNERF, an extended version of non-Euclidean relational fuzzy c-means (NERFCM) for approximate clustering in very large (unloadable) relational data. The eNERF procedure consists of four parts: (i) selection of distinguished features by algorithm DF to be monitored during progressive sampling; (ii) progressively sampling a square N×N relation matrix RN by algorithm PS until an n×n sample relation Rn passes a goodness of fit test; (iii) Clustering Rn using algorithm LNERF; and (iv), extension of the LNERF results to RN-Rn by algorithm xNERF, which uses an iterative procedure based on LNERF to compute fuzzy membership values for all of the objects remaining after LNERF clustering of the accepted sample. Three of the four algorithms are new - only LNERF (called NERFCM in the original literature) precedes this article. © 2006, Australian Computer Society, Inc.

Approximate data mining in very large relational data

The fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering algorithm has long been used to cluster numerical data. Recently FCM has also been used to cluster data sets consisting of mixtures of numerical, interval, and fuzzy data. Here the range of applicability of FCM is shown to include data sets whose feature values are continuous random variables. Parametric and nonparametric approaches are given and demonstrated using a simple computational example.

Random vector clustering using fuzzy c-means

The idea of forming a professional society dedicated to the advancement of Fuzzy Sets and Systems was hatched by Enrique Ruspini, Madan Gupta and myself (Jim Bezdek) on a plane trip returning to the USA from Acapulco, Mexico in December, 1980. We had all given talks about fuzzy models at the International Congress for Systems and Cybernetics , and the lure of having our own forum for technical interchange of ideas in the field was a hypnotic one.

James C. Bezdek

Papers

Using Competitive Learning Models for Multiple Prototype Classifier Design

Advances in artificial intelligence : applications and theory

Approximate data mining in very large relational data

Random vector clustering using fuzzy c-means

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