Hierarchical complete linkage

There is a wide variety of hierarchical algorithms available and it is impossible to discuss all of them here. Therefore, we shall only explain the most typical ones, namely the single linkage, the complete linkage and the average linkage methods. 

There exist several methods of hierarchical clustering which use diverse measures of distance or similarity, respectively, e.g., single linkage, complete linkage, average linkage, centroid linkage, and Ward s method (Sharaf et al. [1986], Massart et al. [1988], Otto [1998] Danzer et al. [2001]). 

FIGURE 3.24 Dendrogram of fatty acid concentration data from mummies and reference samples. Hierarchical cluster analysis (complete linkage) with Euclidean distances has been applied. 

FIGURE 2.1 (A) Dendrogram obtained with complete linkage hierarchical clustering of the samples from BF and EU populations based... 

A process tracer allows the developer to explore the complete history of a process, organized chronologically and hierarchically according to the decomposition of contexts and with linkage to the objects created. 

The initial hierarchical value map for dairy products was based on 67 interviews in which the purchase of dairy products was mentioned and explained 38.6% of linkages. Respondents were asked what attributes they considered when buying organic dairy products and which of these attributes were critical to their decision to purchase. Examination of the preliminary map, cut-off 4, showed two complete chains and several nearly complete chains leading from the concrete attributes Less chemicals and Less hormones, to three terminal values. Own health, Family health, and Enjoyment, with a complex network of routes between. 

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