Distance between two clusters a Complete-link distance between clusters Ci and c: is the maximum distance between any object in C; and any object in Ci a The distance is defined by the two most dissimilar objects De c, c)= max (2(x y)x∈C,yCDistance between two clusters ◼ Complete-link distance between clusters Ci and Cj is the maximum distance between any object in Ci and any object in Cj ◼ The distance is defined by the two most dissimilar objects Dcl(Ci ,Cj ) = max x, y d(x, y) xCi , y Cj 