@inproceedings{0359a4e11e6c4ad0be8d7451b27762dc,
title = "Cluster analysis by variance ratio criterion and quantum-behaved PSO",
abstract = "(Aim) A novel and efficient method based on the quantum-behaved particle swarm was proposed to solve the cluster analysis problem. (Methods) The QPSO was utilized to detect the optimal point of the VAriance RAtio Criterion (VARAC), which was created by us as fitness function in the optimization model. The experimental dataset had 4 groups (400 data in total) with three various degrees of overlapping: non-overlapping, partial overlapping, and intensely overlapping. The proposed QPSO was compared with traditional global optimization algorithms: genetic algorithm (GA), combinatorial particle swarm optimization (CPSO), and firefly algorithm (FA) via running 20 times. (Results) The results demonstrated that QPSO could locate the best VARAC values with the least time among the four algorithms. (Conclusions) We can find that QPSO performs effectively and fast for the problem of cluster analysis.",
keywords = "Cluster analysis, Particle swarm optimization (PSO), Quantum-behaved PSO, VAriance RAtio Criterion (VARAC)",
author = "Shuihua Wang and Xingxing Zhou and Guangshuai Zhang and Genlin Ji and Jiquan Yang and Zheng Zhang and Zeyuan Lu and Yudong Zhang",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.; 1st International Conference on Cloud Computing and Security, ICCCS 2015 ; Conference date: 13-08-2015 Through 15-08-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-27051-7_24",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319270500",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "285--293",
editor = "Xingming Sun and Junzhou Luo and Zhiqiu Huang and Jian Wang",
booktitle = "Cloud Computing and Security - 1st International Conference, ICCCS 2015, Revised Selected Papers",
}