A novel model of fuzzy clustering, i.e. an allied fuzzy c means (AFCM) model is proposed based on the combination of advantages of fuzzy c means (FCM) and possibilistic c means (PCM) clustering. PCM is sensitive...A novel model of fuzzy clustering, i.e. an allied fuzzy c means (AFCM) model is proposed based on the combination of advantages of fuzzy c means (FCM) and possibilistic c means (PCM) clustering. PCM is sensitive to initializations and often generates coincident clusters. AFCM overcomes this shortcoming and it is an ex tension of PCM. Membership and typicality values can be simultaneously produced in AFCM. Experimental re- suits show that noise data can be well processed, coincident clusters are avoided and clustering accuracy is better.展开更多
文摘A novel model of fuzzy clustering, i.e. an allied fuzzy c means (AFCM) model is proposed based on the combination of advantages of fuzzy c means (FCM) and possibilistic c means (PCM) clustering. PCM is sensitive to initializations and often generates coincident clusters. AFCM overcomes this shortcoming and it is an ex tension of PCM. Membership and typicality values can be simultaneously produced in AFCM. Experimental re- suits show that noise data can be well processed, coincident clusters are avoided and clustering accuracy is better.