<s>
The	O
Jenks	B-Algorithm
optimization	I-Algorithm
method	I-Algorithm
,	O
also	O
called	O
the	O
Jenks	O
natural	O
breaks	O
classification	O
method	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
data	B-Algorithm
clustering	I-Algorithm
method	O
designed	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
best	O
arrangement	O
of	O
values	O
into	O
different	O
classes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Jenks	B-Algorithm
optimization	I-Algorithm
method	I-Algorithm
is	O
directly	O
related	O
to	O
Otsu	B-Algorithm
's	I-Algorithm
Method	I-Algorithm
and	O
Fisher	O
's	O
Discriminant	O
Analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
spent	O
significant	O
time	O
investigating	O
three-dimensional	O
maps	O
,	O
eye-movement	O
research	O
,	O
thematic	B-Application
map	I-Application
communication	O
,	O
and	O
geostatistics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Jenks	O
classification	O
method	O
is	O
commonly	O
used	O
in	O
thematic	B-Application
maps	I-Application
,	O
especially	O
choropleth	O
maps	O
,	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
available	O
classification	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
methods	O
of	O
data	O
classification	O
include	O
Head/tail	B-Application
Breaks	I-Application
,	O
Natural	O
Breaks	O
(	O
without	O
Jenks	B-Algorithm
Optimization	I-Algorithm
)	O
,	O
Equal	O
Interval	O
,	O
Quantile	O
,	O
and	O
Standard	O
Deviation	O
.	O
</s>
