In statistics, combinatorial data analysis (CDA) is the study of data sets where the order in which objects are arranged is important. CDA can be used either to determine how well a given
combinatorial
Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, both as a means and an end in obtaining results, and certain properties of finite structures. It is closely related to many other areas of mathematics and has many ap ...
construct reflects the observed data, or to search for a suitable combinatorial construct that does fit the data.
See also
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Cluster analysis
Cluster analysis or clustering is the task of grouping a set of objects in such a way that objects in the same group (called a cluster) are more similar (in some sense) to each other than to those in other groups (clusters). It is a main task of ...
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Geometric data analysis Geometric data analysis comprises geometric aspects of image analysis, pattern analysis, and shape analysis, and the approach of multivariate statistics, which treat arbitrary data sets as ''clouds of points'' in a space that is ''n''-dimensional. ...
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Structured data analysis (statistics)
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Seriation (statistics)
References
Combinatorics
Data analysis
Combinatorial optimization
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