Clustering
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Clustering can refer to
- Computer clustering - the connection of many low-cost computers to be used as one larger computer.
- In computer science, the undesirable, contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.
- Data clustering - a technique for data analysis by partitioning a data set into subsets whose elements share common traits.
- Semantic clustering - clustering of objects based on a semantic proximity.
- In demographics, the gathering of various populations based on ethnicity, economics or religion.
- In writing, a "pre-writing" technique to organize ideas using "ball-and-stick" diagrams similar to mind maps. The term was popularized by Gabriele Rico's 1983 book Writing the Natural Way: Turn the Task of Writing Into the Joy of Writing.
- In physics - formation of clusters: regions of enhanced concentration of particles of matter.
- In statistics, clustering (statistics) is the grouping of datapoints into subsets in which intra-cluster distances are smaller than inter-cluster distances.
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