Ward’s minimum variance method

synonym: Ward’s method
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.10148

Linkage criterion in hierarchical clustering in which the within-cluster variance is minimized.

Note: The initial cluster distances in Ward’s minimum variance method are the squared Euclidean distance.
Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 407. (Vocabulary of concepts and terms in chemometrics (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)) on page 433 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'Ward’s minimum variance method' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.10148 RIS BibTex EndNote
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