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==Application to specific clustering distances==
===Ward's method===
Ward's method is an agglomerative clustering method in which the dissimilarity between two clusters {{mvar|A}} and {{mvar|B}} is measured by the amount by which merging the two clusters into a single larger cluster would increase the average squared distance of a point to it'sits cluster [[centroid]].<ref name="mirkin">{{citation
| last = Mirkin | first = Boris
| isbn = 0-7923-4159-7