Cluster Analysis in a Commodity Science Evaluation of Mineral and Spring Waters Cover Image

Analiza skupień w towaroznawczej ocenie wód mineralnych i źródlanych
Cluster Analysis in a Commodity Science Evaluation of Mineral and Spring Waters

Author(s): Anna Gacek, Andrzej Gajewski
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
Keywords: cluster analysis; mineral waters; spring waters

Summary/Abstract: The authors present an example of the application of cluster analysis in commodity science. The aim of the analysis was to find, on the ground of chemical composition, groups of mineral and spring waters in which the objects of the same group exhibited the highest possible degree of similarity, while objects of different groups exhibited the lowest. Euclidean distance method was used to calculate the distance between the objects. The agglomerations were created by using the nearest neighbour algorithm.

  • Issue Year: 878/2012
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 5-19
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish