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Methods for the group classification of multi-attribute objects (part 1)

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A new approach is considered to the group classification of objects that are described by many qualitative and/or quantitative attributes and can exist in many versions. New techniques are described for the aggregation of multi-attribute objects and the properties of the generated classes. Clustering and sorting methods are based on the theory of multiset metric spaces.

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Original Russian Text © A.B. Petrovsky, 2009, published in Iskusstvennyi Intellekt i Prinyatie Reshenii, 2009, No. 3, pp. 3–14.

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Petrovsky, A.B. Methods for the group classification of multi-attribute objects (part 1). Sci. Tech.Inf. Proc. 37, 346–356 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0147688210050102

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