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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2010
Anjali Dange, Orlando, FL (US);
Xia Ying, Orlando, FL (US);
Rudranil Manna, Orlando, FL (US);
Cameron Davies, Winter Garden, FL (US);
Phi Hoang, Kissimmee, FL (US);
Deborah Montague, Orlando, FL (US);
Mark W. Shafer, Orlando, FL (US);
Anjali Dange, Orlando, FL (US);
Xia Ying, Orlando, FL (US);
Rudranil Manna, Orlando, FL (US);
Cameron Davies, Winter Garden, FL (US);
Phi Hoang, Kissimmee, FL (US);
Deborah Montague, Orlando, FL (US);
Mark W. Shafer, Orlando, FL (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for clustering a plurality of observations included in a dataset. The method includes selecting a subset of variables from a set of variables, where each variable in the subset is associated with each observation in the dataset; for each of a first number of times, randomly selecting an initial value for each variable in the subset to generate a seed value set that includes an initial value for each variable in the subset; generating a number of pre-clusters equal to the first number based on a similarity between each observation in the dataset and each of the first number of seed value sets; and applying a hierarchical clustering algorithm to the first number of pre-clusters to derive a second number of clusters.