SAMMON_DATA
Sample M-Dimensional Datasets for Cluster Analysis

SAMMON_DATA is a Python program which generates 6 files of test data for multivariate data clustering.

Usage:

sammon_data

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

SAMMON_DATA is available in a MATLAB version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

Reference:

1. Ronald Fisher,
   The use of multiple measurements in taxonomic problems,
   Annual Eugenics,
   Volume 7, part II, 1936, pages 179-188.
2. John Sammon,
   A nonlinear mapping for data structure analysis,
   IEEE Transactions on Computers,
   Volume C-18, Number 5, May 1969, pages 401-409.

Source Code:

• sammon_data.py, the source code.
• sammon_data.sh, runs the tests.
• sammon_data.txt, the output file.
• sammon_circle.txt, points on a circle.
• sammon_helix.txt, points on a helix.
• sammon_iris.txt, Fisher's iris data.
• sammon_linear.txt, points on a line.
• sammon_nonlinear.txt, points on a nonlinear curve.
• sammon_simplex.txt, points clustered around the vertices of a simplex.

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