This paper proposes two methods which take advantage of k -mean clustering algorithm to decrease the number of support vectors (SVs) for the training of support vector machine (SVM). The first method uses k -mean clustering to construct a dataset of much smaller size than the original one as the actual input dataset to train SVM. The second method aims at reducing the number of SVs by which the...

The recent advances of array technologies have made it possible to monitor huge amount of genes expression data. Clustering, for example, hierarchical clustering, self-organizing maps (SOM), kmeans clustering, has become important analysis for such gene expression data. We have applied the Fuzzy adaptive resonance theory (Fuzzy ART) [5] to the gene clustering of DNA microarray data and the clus...

Mean shift is a powerful but computationally expensive method for nonparametric clustering and optimization. It iteratively moves each data point to its local mean until convergence. We introduce a fast algorithm for computing mean shift based on the dual-tree. Unlike previous speed-up attempts, our algorithm maintains a relative error bound at each iteration, resulting in significantly more st...

association rules are among important techniques in data mining which are used for extracting hidden patterns and knowledge in large volumes of data. association rules help individuals and organizations take strategic decisions and improve their business processes. extracted association rules from a database contain important and confidential information that if published, the privacy of indivi...

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of word clustering method on vocabulary learning of Iranian EFL learners through a case of semantic versus phonological clustering. To this effect, 80 homogeneous students from four intermediate classes at an English institute in Torbat e Heydariyeh participated in this research. They were assigned to four groups according to semantic versus phon...

the objective of this investigation was to evaluate the magnitude of g × e interaction effects on durum wheat grain yield and to identify superior genotypes adapted to the test environments. twenty improved durum wheat genotypes were tested in five locations over three growing seasons. combined anova indicated that the effect of year (y) was significant and that of the location (l) was not, but...