FINDING GROUPS WITH A SIMPLE GENETIC ALGORITHM

Authors
FREEMAN LC
Citation
Lc. Freeman, FINDING GROUPS WITH A SIMPLE GENETIC ALGORITHM, The Journal of mathematical sociology, 17(4), 1993, pp. 227-241
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology,"Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods","Mathematical, Methods, Social Sciences
Journal title
The Journal of mathematical sociology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022250X
Volume
17
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
227 - 241
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-250X(1993)17:4<227:FGWASG>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A new solution to the old problem of partitioning a matrix of social p roximities into groups is proposed. It draws on a heuristic developed in computer science, the simple genetic algorithm. The algorithm is de scribed and its utility is demonstrated with applications to three sta ndard data sets.