SI 618 Fall 2008

Overview of Homework 6

Understand how clustering can reveal patterns of similarity and dissimilarity within large sets of data.

Objectives

Create a matrix showing dissimilarity between documents and the terms appearing in those documents. Use the matrix to create a dendogram that reveals meaningful clusters.

Deliverables

Create a report that includes the following:

1. an abstract of less than 150 words
2. a description of the data used
3. a diary of what was done
4. the results (lists)
5. a statement of what the results mean
6. document everything on a web page and put a link to it in the class wiki

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