Foreword |
Preface |
Clustering and Fuzzy Clustering / 1: |
Introduction |
Basic Notions and Notation / 2: |
Types of Data / 2.1: |
Distance and Similarity / 2.2: |
Main Categories of Clustering Algorithms / 3: |
Hierarchical Clustering / 3.1: |
Objective Function - Based Clustering / 3.2: |
Clustering and Classification / 4: |
Fuzzy Clustering / 5: |
Cluster Validity / 6: |
Extensions of Objective Function-Based Fuzzy Clustering / 7: |
Augmented Geometry of Fuzzy Clusters: Fuzzy C-Varieties / 7.1: |
Possibilistic Clustering / 7.2: |
Noise Clustering / 7.3: |
Self Organizing Maps and Fuzzy Objective Function Based Clustering / 8: |
Conclusions / 9: |
References |
Computing with Granular Information: Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Relations |
A Paradigm of Granular Computing: Information Granules and their Processing |
Fuzzy Sets as Human-Centric Information Granules |
Operations on Fuzzy Sets |
Fuzzy Relations |
Comparison of Two Fuzzy Sets |
Generalizations of Fuzzy Sets |
Shadowed Sets |
Rough Sets |
Granular Computing and Distributed Processing |
Logic-Oriented Neurocomputing / 10: |
Main Categories of Fuzzy Neurons |
Aggregative Neurons |
Referential (reference) Neurons |
Architectures of Logic Networks |
Interpretation Aspects of the Networks |
The Granular Interfaces of Logic Processing |
Conditional Fuzzy Clustering |
Problem Statement: Context Fuzzy Sets and Objective Function |
The Optimization Problem |
Computational Considerations of Conditional Clustering |
Generalizations of the Algorithm Through the Aggregation Operator |
Fuzzy Clustering with Spatial Constraints |
Clustering with Partial Supervision |
Problem Formulation |
The Design of the Clusters |
Experimental Examples |
Cluster-Based Tracking Problem |
Principles of Knowledge-Based Guidance in Fuzzy Clustering |
Examples of Knowledge-Oriented Hints and their General Taxonomy |
The Optimization Environment of Knowledge-Enhanced Clustering |
Quantification of Knowledge-Based Guidance Hints and Their Optimization |
The Organization of the Interaction Process |
Proximity - Based Clustering (P-FCM |
Web Exploration and P-FCM |
Linguistic Augmentation of Knowledge-Based Hints |
Concluding Comments |
Collaborative Clustering |
Introduction and Rationale |
Horizontal and Vertical Clustering |
Horizontal Collaborative Clustering |
Optimization Details |
The Flow of Computing of Collaborative Clustering |
Quantification of the Collaborative Phenomenon of the Clustering / 3.3: |
Experimental Studies |
Further Enhancements of Horizontal Clustering |
The Algorithm of Vertical Clustering |
A Grid Model of Horizontal and Vertical Clustering |
Consensus Clustering |
Directional Clustering |
The Objective Function |
The Logic Transformation Between Information Granules |
The Algorithm |
The Overall Development Framework of Directional Clustering |
Numerical Studies |
Fuzzy Relational Clustering |
Introduction and Problem Statement |
FCM for Relational Data |
Decomposition of Fuzzy Relational Patterns |
Gradient-Based Solution to the Decomposition Problem |
Neural Network Model of the Decomposition Problem |
Comparative Analysis |
Fuzzy Clustering of Heterogeneous Patterns |
Heterogeneous Data |
Parametric Models of Granular Data |
Parametric Mode of Heterogeneous Fuzzy Clustering |
Nonparametric Heterogeneous Clustering |
A Frame of Reference / 5.1: |
Representation of Granular Data Through the Possibility-Necessity Transformation / 5.2: |
Dereferencing / 5.3: |
Hyperbox Models of Granular Data: The Tchebyschev FCM / 11: |
The Clustering Algorithm-Detailed Considerations |
The Development of Granular Prototypes |
The Geometry of Information Granules |
Granular Data Description: A General Model |
Genetic Tolerance Fuzzy Neural Networks / 12: |
Operations of Thresholdings and Tolerance: Fuzzy Logic-Based Generalizations |
The Topology of the Logic Network |
Genetic Optimization |
Illustrative Numeric Studies |
Granular Prototyping / 13: |
Expressing Similarity Between Two Fuzzy Sets |
Performance Index / objective function |
Prototype Optimization |
Optimization of the Similarity Levels / 4.1: |
An Inverse Similarity Problem / 4.2: |
Granular Mappings / 14: |
Possibility and Necessity measure as the Computational Vehicle of Granular Representation |
Building the Granular Mapping |
The Design of Multivariable Granular Mappings Through Fuzzy Clustering |
Quantification of Granular Mappings |
Linguistic Modeling / 15: |
The Cluster-Based Representation of the Input - Output Mapping |
Conditional Clustering in the development of a blueprint of granular models |
Granular neuron as a Generic Processing Element in Granular Networks |
The Architecture of Linguistic Models Based on Conditional Fuzzy Clustering |
Refinements of Linguistic Models |
Bibliography |
Index |
Foreword |
Preface |
Clustering and Fuzzy Clustering / 1: |
Introduction |
Basic Notions and Notation / 2: |
Types of Data / 2.1: |