R help - Aug 2012 - stopping rule in hierarchical Clustering

Dear R users,

Is there a way to apply a “stopping
rule” in hierarchical Clustering? I have a data and I want to find the optimal
number of clusters while doing hierarchical clustering. I would be deeply
obliged
if someone, whoever applied stopping rule, could send me the scripts. thanks in
advance

Regards

Eliza botto 		 	   		  
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On 11.08.2012 06:19, eliza botto wrote:
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> Dear R users,
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> Is there a way to apply a ?stopping
> rule? in hierarchical Clustering? I have a data and I want to find the
optimal
> number of clusters while doing hierarchical clustering. I would be deeply
obliged
> if someone, whoever applied stopping rule, could send me the scripts.
thanks in advance
There are hundreds of such rules to find a proper number of clusters for 
a given data situation. We do not know which one fits to your data, 
hence you will have to start reading some books and papers on the topic. 
A good keyword to start is probably "cluster index".

Best,
Uwe Ligges





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