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Short Technical Note

On Simulating Skewed and Cluster-Weighted Data for Studying Performance of Clustering Algorithms

Volodymyr Melnykova University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, ALCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Yang Wangb College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
,
Yana Melnykova University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
,
Francesca Tortic Joint Research Centre of European Commission, Ispra, Italy
,
Domenico Perrottac Joint Research Centre of European Commission, Ispra, Italy
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Marco Rianid University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Pages 303-309 | Received 16 Jun 2022, Accepted 10 Apr 2023, Published online: 20 Jul 2023

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