Seriation (statistics)

In combinatorial data analysis, seriation is the process of finding an arrangement of all objects in a set, in a linear order, given a loss function.{{cite journal |doi=10.18637/jss.v025.i03 |title=Getting Things in Order: An Introduction to the R Package seriation |journal=Journal of Statistical Software |volume=25 |issue=3 |year=2008 |last1=Hahsler |first1=Michael |last2=Hornik |first2=Kurt |last3=Buchta |first3=Christian|doi-access=free }} The main goal is exploratory, to reveal structural information.