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U-Statistic Hierarchical Clustering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Roy G. D’Andrade
Roy G. D’Andrade*
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University of California, San Diego
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Roy G. D'Andrade, Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.
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Abstract

A monotone invariant method of hierarchical clustering based on the Mann-Whitney U-statistic is presented. The effectiveness of the complete-link, single-link, and U-statistic methods in recovering tree structures from error perturbed data are evaluated. The U-statistic method is found to be consistently more effective in recovering the original tree structures than either the single-link or complete-link methods.

Keywords

clusteringnon-parametric

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Psychometrika , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , March 1978, pp. 59 - 67
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Copyright © 1978 The Psychometric Society

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