2014 Volume 21 Issue 1 Pages 10-17
The cluster analysis is one of multivariate analyses, and classifies the data into clusters of similar characteristics. To classify a large amount of data by the cluster analysis is now widely applied in many fields. The cluster analysis is also expected to be applied in the surface analysis area. This paper introduces the basis of the cluster analysis, and then shows the analytical results using TOF-SIMS data as an example.