. " multiplicity of the other respective seed objects, in accordance with the relationship, d(m,r)2=(????i????2??i r)1/r where ??2 represents constituents of a set of the m smallest feature distance values ??i2, for the first partial distance measure, and r is a scaling factor; and f. choosing a value of m that on average produces first partial distance measures that are less than second partial dist" . . .