Finding groups in data by computing distances or similarities
between elements.
In
ReverseEngineering, typically used for remodularization,
ObjectIdentification, and
ArchitectureExtraction.
Overviews are provided by:
- V. Tzerpos and R. C. Holt. ACDC: An Algorithm for Comprehension-Driven Clustering. WCRE 2000, pp. 258--267. IEEE Computer Society.
- A. Lakhotia. A unified framework for expressing software subsystem classification techniques. JournalOfSystemsAndSoftware (March 1997), 211–231.
- T. Wiggerts. Using clustering algorithms in LegacySystems remodularization. In 4th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering WCRE (1997), IEEE Computer Society, pp. 33–43.
Tool support:
The maths of cluster analysis is described by L. Kaufman and P. J. Rousseeuw.
Finding Groups in Data: An Introduction to ClusterAnalysis. John Wiley, 1990.
Very readable, highly recommended.
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ArieVanDeursen