00000nam##2200000za#4500 9.644659 CaOODSP 20210615112514 ta 150407|1993||||xxc||||| f|0| 0 eng|d 0-660-14821-8 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- A53-1893/1993E Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch. Optimal set covering for biological classification / by L. P. Lefkovitch. Issued by Research Branch. Ottawa - Ontario : Agriculture Canada. 1993. 454p. : figs., graphs, references, tables ; 22 cm. Contents: Introduction.--Set covering.--Numerical representation of attributes.--Clustering without pairwise resemblances.--Boolean dissimilarity.--Clustering on the real line.--Scalar dissimilarity coefficients.--Subset generation using scalar dissimilarities.--Some special applications and additional topics.--Case studies.--Appendixes.--References.--Index. Drawing on completely new material and preliminary work published in journals, this study explains conditional clustering from first principles. The book demonstrates clearly how mathematical procedures can contribute to biological classification and identification with a minimum of assumptions. Of interest to museums of natural history, universities offering biology and mathematics, taxonomists and ecologists. A series of case studies illustrates most of the procedures and principles. Softcover 93-24 1993-06-18 Taxonomy gcpds Biology gcpds Lefkovitch, L. P. Optimal set covering for biological classification / (CaOODSP)9.699638 Publication 1893/E