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-====== Software Clustering ======
+====== Welcome to Software Clustering Encyclopedia ======
 Software clustering methods group entities of a software system, such as classes or
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   - Investigation of further application for clustering methodologies in a software context
+====== Cluster Analysis ======
+Cluster Analysis is a group of multivariate techniques whose primary purpose is to
+group entities based on their attributes. Entities are classified according to
+predetermined selection criteria, so that similar objects are placed in the same cluster.
+The objective of any clustering algorithm is to sort entities into groups, so that the
+variation between clusters is maximized relative to variation within clusters.
+The typical stages of cluster analysis techniques are as follows:
+  - Fact Extraction and Filtering
+  - Analysis
+    - Compute resemblance coefficients
+    - Cluster Creation
+  - Results Visualization
+  - User Feedback Collection
+The process may now repeat until satisfactory results are obtained.
+====== See also ======
+  * [[protected:acdc|ACDC]]
+  * [[protected:bunch|Bunch]]
+  * [[protected:limbo|LIMBO]]
+  * [[protected:agglomerative|Agglomerative]]