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sql server data mining : ClusterDistance


Cesar
4/16/2004 6:10:06 PM
Does anybody knows why the ClusterDistance() function
doesn't produce an output when used in a clustering
prediction query? The functions Cluster() and
Jamie MacLennan (MS)
4/17/2004 12:19:29 PM
Our clustering algorithm uses a density based clustering method rather than
a distance based method, so distance doesn't really make sense. For the
density method, the distance is essentially 1 - probability - you can scale
that how you wish since it is not linear as we normally consider distance.

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SQL Server Data Mining
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