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This is an exploratory study to see if configurations that were coupled to an output variable could be found in data. The focus in this study was on the modal configurations, which are profiles of best fit for clusters, and their average cluster scores for an output variable. A multistage procedure explained in the paper below was applied to a crime dataset to identify the modal configurations for a sample of cities and towns of the USA and their links to the incidence of violent crime. Three coupled configurations were found including one that was indicative of an African American Configuration having the highest rate of violent crime followed by one indicative of a High Divorce Configuration and one indicative of an Economic Hardship Configuration. The results indicated that using this multistage procedure is feasible for finding modal configurations and their couplings in data. The advantages of this approach are discussed and future directions with the research are outlined.
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Graco, W., Koesmarno, H. (2013). Configurations and Couplings: An Exploratory Study. In: Perner, P. (eds) Advances in Data Mining. Applications and Theoretical Aspects. ICDM 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7987. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39736-3_21
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