Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleSimilarity Based Clustering with Indexing for Semi-Structured DocumentS. Palanisamy, K. BaskaranProblem statement: To improve the performance of data retrieval in a homogeneous large XML document. Approach: Clustering of XML elements based on the content with indexing. The element which is used for clustering has been identified from the document and/or XML schema. This element is used as a parameter for clustering. The suitable index is created after clustering. Results: The … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 4 · 7 Feb 2012 · 6,576 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleDesign of Tree Structure in Context Clustering Process of Hidden Markov Model-Based Thai Speech SynthesisSuphattharachai ChomphanProblem statement: In HMM-based Thai speech synthesis, the tone degradation due to the imbalance of training data of all tones. Some distortion of syllable duration is obviously noticeable when the system is trained with a small amount of data. These problems cause the decrement in naturalness and intelligibility of the synthesized speech. Approach: This study proposes an approach to improve … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 14 Jan 2012 · 6,961 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA Review on Clustering and Outlier Analysis Techniques in DataminingS. Koteeswaran, P. Visu, J. JanetProblem statement: The modern world is based on using physical, biological and social systems more effectively using advanced computerized techniques. A great amount of data being generated by such systems; it leads to a paradigm shift from classical modeling and analyses based on basic principles to developing models and the corresponding analyses directly from data. The ability to extract useful … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 2 · 26 Dec 2011 · 7,375 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA New Cooperative Algorithm Based on PSO and K-Means for Data ClusteringMehdi Neshat, Shima Farshchian Yazdi, Daneyal Yazdani, Mehdi SargolzaeiProblem statement: Data clustering has been applied in multiple fields such as machine learning, data mining, wireless sensor networks and pattern recognition. One of the most famous clustering approaches is K-means which effectively has been used in many clustering problems, but this algorithm has some drawbacks such as local optimal convergence and sensitivity to initial points. Approach: Particle Swarm Optimization … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 19 Nov 2011 · 7,975 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleSegmentation of Medical Image using Clustering and Watershed AlgorithmsM.C. Jobin Christ, R.M.S. ParvathiProblem statement: Segmentation plays an important role in medical imaging. Segmentation of an image is the division or separation of the image into dissimilar regions of similar attribute. In this study we proposed a methodology that integrates clustering algorithm and marker controlled watershed segmentation algorithm for medical image segmentation. The use of the conservative watershed algorithm for medical image analysis … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 12 · 22 Oct 2011 · 8,784 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA Cluster Feature-Based Incremental Clustering Approach to Mixed DataA. M. Sowjanya, M. ShashiProblem statement: The main objective of this study is to develop an incremental clustering algorithm that can handle numerical as well as categorical attributes in a given dataset. The authors have previously reported a cluster feature-based algorithm, CFICA that can handle only numerical data. Appraoch: Since many of the real life data mining applications work with datasets that contain both … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 12 · 21 Oct 2011 · 7,163 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleUsing Hyper Clustering Algorithms in Mobile Network PlanningLamiaa Fattouh Ibrahim, Hesham A. SalmanProblem statement: As a large amount of data stored in spatial databases, people may like to find groups of data which share similar features. Thus cluster analysis becomes an important area of research in data mining. Applications of clustering analysis have been utilized in many fields, such as when we search to construct a cluster served by base station in … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 10 · 30 Aug 2011 · 7,508 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleAn Integrated Framework for Mixed Data Clustering Using Self Organizing MapHari Prasad Devaraj, M. PunithavalliProblem statement: Clustering plays an important role in data mining of large data and helps in analysis. This develops a vast importance in research field for providing better clustering technique. There are several techniques exists for clustering the similar kind of data. But only very few techniques exists for clustering mixed data items. This leads to the requirement of better … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 11 · 18 Aug 2011 · 7,307 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleAn Improved Clustering Based Genetic Algorithm for Solving Complex NP ProblemsR. Sivaraj, T. RavichandranProblem statement: The selection process is a major factor in genetic algorithm which determines the optimality of solution for a complex problem. The selection pressure is the critical step which finds out the best individuals in the entire population for further genetic operators. The proposed algorithm tries to find out the best individuals with reduced selection pressure than standard genetic … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 7 · 28 Jun 2011 · 6,931 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA Rough Set based Gene Expression Clustering AlgorithmJ. Jeba Emilyn, K. RamarProblem statement: Microarray technology helps in monitoring the expression levels of thousands of genes across collections of related samples. Approach: The main goal in the analysis of large and heterogeneous gene expression datasets was to identify groups of genes that get expressed in a set of experimental conditions. Results: Several clustering techniques have been proposed for identifying gene signatures and … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 7 · 28 Jun 2011 · 6,833 accessesView PDFCite