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Description: A database of cases described by a combination of real and discrete valued attributes, and automatically finds the natural classes in that data. It can be seen as a Naive Bayes classifier where the class node is hidden. [Free]
In previous years, the Bayes group at Ames Research Center developed the basic theory and associated algorithms for various kinds of general data analysis techniques. Our earliest efforts were applied to the problem of automatic classification of data. We implemented this theory in the Autoclass series of programs. AutoClass takes a database of cases described by a combination of real and discrete valued attributes, and automatically finds the natural classes in that data. It does not need to be told how many classes are present or what they look like -- it extracts this information from the data itself. The classes are described probabilistically, so that an object can have partial membership in the different classes, and the class definitions can overlap. AutoClass generates reports on the classes it has found at the end of its search. AutoClass has been used and tested on many data sets, both within NASA and by industry, academia and other agencies. These applications typically find surprising classifications that show patterns in the data unknown to the user. Examples include: discovery of new classes of infra-red stars in the IRAS Low Resolution Spectral catalogue (see figure below; and see
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