...Brady Lund; Jinxuan Ma Purpose This literature review explores the definitions and characteristics of cluster analysis, a machine-learning technique that is frequently implemented to identify groupings in big datasets and its applicability to library and information science (LIS) research...

... neuron, the larger the change to its current weight values. This is represented by the following equation: Self‐organizing map Machine learning Neural network Academic libraries Cluster analysis Performance The procedures required to apply an SOM can be divided into three parts: data...

...‐citation analysis method suitable for depicting structure of biofuel research in document clusters by performing multivariate analysis: cluster analysis, factor analysis, multidimensional scaling and network analysis. Research limitations/implications The study is limited to research articles and co...