Until the development of ClustEval, cluster analyses were mostly carried out manually without guidelines or standardized procedures for dealing with the many factors of cluster analyses. Consequently, ...

Many simulation studies comparing various methods of cluster analysis have been performed. In these studies, artificial data sets containing known clusters are produced using pseudo-random-number ...

Graphical representations of high-dimensional data sets are at the backbone of straightforward exploratory analysis and hypothesis generation. Within the life sciences, two of the most commonly used ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B (Statistical Methodology), Vol. 68, No. 3 (2006), pp. 457-476 (20 pages) The purpose of the paper is to present a new statistical approach to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Background Studies have suggested that clinicians do not feel comfortable with the interpretation of symptom severity, functional status, and ...