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Entity Clustering

Entity Clustering

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Entity Clustering

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Set of one or more entity types and associated relationships grouped into a single abstract entity type.

It is useful way to present a data model for large and complex organization.

A hierarchical decomposition of a macro-level view of the data model into finer and finer views, eventually resulting in the full, detailed data model.

Entity clusters and entity types can be further grouped to form a higher-level entity cluster.

Entity Clustering

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By abstracting a supertype and its subtype Combining directly related entity types and

their relationships

Or it may be formed by combining strong entity and its associated weak entity types.

How to cluster entities?

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An entity cluster should focus on an area of interest to some community of users, developers, or managers. Which entity types and relationships are grouped to from an entity cluster depends on the purpose.

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