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In this paper we propose fuzzy coverings as a way to perform fuzzy clustering of data on the basis of a fuzzy proximity relation. Remarkably, the proposal does not require any kind of fuzzy transitivity.
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Dubois, D., Sánchez, D. (2013). Fuzzy Clustering based on Coverings. In: Borgelt, C., Gil, M., Sousa, J., Verleysen, M. (eds) Towards Advanced Data Analysis by Combining Soft Computing and Statistics. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 285. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30278-7_25
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