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Kogan, Jacob, 1954
Introduction to clustering large and high-dimensional data / Jacob Kogan.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-521-85267-8 (hardback)

ISBN-10: 0-521-85267-6 (hardback)

ISBN-13: 978-0-521-61793-2 (pbk.)

ISBN-10: 0-521-61793-6 (pbk.)

1. Cluster analysis Data processing. 2. Cluster analysis Computer programs. 3. Computer algorithms. 4. Dimensional analysis Data processing. 5. Dimensional analysis Computer programs. I. Title.
QA278.K594 2007
519.5 ?3 dc22 2006024381

ISBN-10 0-521-85267-6 hardback

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ISBN-10 0-521-61793-6 paperback

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