skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Hierarchical clustering using correlation metric and spatial continuity constraint

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1079466

Large data sets are analyzed by hierarchical clustering using correlation as a similarity measure. This provides results that are superior to those obtained using a Euclidean distance similarity measure. A spatial continuity constraint may be applied in hierarchical clustering analysis of images.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
8,280,887
Application Number:
13/042,053
OSTI ID:
1079466
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Efficient algorithms for agglomerative hierarchical clustering methods journal December 1984
A fast encoding algorithm for vector quantization journal December 1997

Similar Records

Related Subjects