Seriation is a way of situating an object within a series. It may refer to:
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Seriation (archaeology)
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Seriation (semiotics)
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Seriation (statistics) In combinatorial data analysis, seriation is the process of finding an arrangement of all objects in a set, in a linear order, given a loss function
In mathematical optimization and decision theory, a loss function or cost function (sometimes also ...
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