Journal
JOURNAL OF CLASSIFICATION
Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 58-72Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00357-019-09317-5
Keywords
Similarity measures; Nominal variables; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Comparison; Evaluation
Funding
- University of Economics, Prague under the IGA [F4/41/2016]
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This paper deals with similarity measures for categorical data in hierarchical clustering, which can deal with variables with more than two categories, and which aspire to replace the simple matching approach standardly used in this area. These similarity measures consider additional characteristics of a dataset, such as a frequency distribution of categories or the number of categories of a given variable. The paper recognizes two main aims. First, to compare and evaluate the selected similarity measures regarding the quality of produced clusters in hierarchical clustering. Second, to propose new similarity measures for nominal variables. All the examined similarity measures are compared regarding the quality of the produced clusters using the mean ranked scores of two internal evaluation coefficients. The analysis is performed on the generated datasets, and thus, it allows determining in which particular situations a certain similarity measure is recommended for use.
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