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Interactive visualization of hierarchical clusters using MDS and MST

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In this paper, we discuss interactively visualizing hierarchical clustering using multidimensional scaling (MDS) and the minimal spanning tree (MST). We can examine the sequential process leading to agglomerative or divisive hierarchical clustering, compare the different agglomerative methods, and detect influential observations better than is possible with dendrograms.

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  1. Department of Information Statistics, Korea National Open University, 169 Dongsung-Dong Chongro-Gu, Seoul 110-791, S. Korea (e-mail: sskim@mail.knou.ac.kr), , , , , , KR

    Sung-Soo Kim

  2. Dept. of Statistics, ISU, 325 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA 50011-1210, USA (e-mail: dicook@iastate.edu), , , , , , US

    Sunhee Kwon & Dianne Cook

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Kim, SS., Kwon, S. & Cook, D. Interactive visualization of hierarchical clusters using MDS and MST. Metrika 51, 39–51 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001840000043

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