Clustering data is the process of grouping items so that items in a group (cluster) are similar and items in different groups are dissimilar. After data has been clustered, the results can be analyzed ...

Writing software that does not involve numbers. Non-numeric programming deals with objects, such as words, board game pieces and people. See list processing. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

Clustering non-numeric -- or categorial -- data is surprisingly difficult, but it's explained here by resident data scientist Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research, who provides all the code you ...