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In the situation in which a set of objects is summarized in terms of a smaller number of groups of similar objects, links are noted between two definitions of the word ‘classification’: obtaining groups of similar objects, and assigning objects to one of a set of existing groups. Some problems on which further work could be undertaken are described.
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Gordon, A.D. (1986). Links Between Clustering and Assignment Procedures. In: De Antoni, F., Lauro, N., Rizzi, A. (eds) COMPSTAT. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46890-2_22
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