Strengths of Hierarchical Clustering No assumptions on the number of clusters Any desired number of clusters can be obtained by 'cutting the dendogram at the proper level a Hierarchical clustering may correspond to meaningful taxonomies Example in biological sciences(e. g, phylogeny reconstruction, etc), web(e.g, product catalogs etcStrengths of Hierarchical Clustering ◼ No assumptions on the number of clusters ◆ Any desired number of clusters can be obtained by ‘cutting’ the dendogram at the proper level ◼ Hierarchical clustering may correspond to meaningful taxonomies ◆ Example in biological sciences (e.g., phylogeny reconstruction, etc), web (e.g., product catalogs) etc. 13