APPLICATION OF THE FUZZY-C-MEANS ALGORITHM TO THE STUDY OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES - PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES OF GLASSES

Citation
F. Ehrentreich et al., APPLICATION OF THE FUZZY-C-MEANS ALGORITHM TO THE STUDY OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES - PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES OF GLASSES, Monatshefte fuer Chemie, 124(6-7), 1993, pp. 659-672
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
ISSN journal
00269247
Volume
124
Issue
6-7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
659 - 672
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-9247(1993)124:6-7<659:AOTFAT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The opportunities of applying the Fuzzy-C-Means (FCM) algorithm for cl uster analysis to study composition-property relations are discussed. Physical properties of 98 aluminosilicate glasses serve as an example. The influences of the initial partition and of the number of clusters chosen are discussed in detail. The FCM algorithm allows to find char acteristic members of clusters (these form the ''nuclei'' of the clust ers) and to find outliers of the data set under consideration. Thus th e results of the cluster analysis form a basis for a deeper understand ing of relations between the composition and properties of the glasses studied.