- Dissimilarity Matrix (n objects x p attributes) : Store a collection of proximities that are available for all pairs of n objects A triangular matix, i.e., d(i,j) = d(j,i) d(i,j) is the measured dissimilarity or "differce" between objects i and j similarity measure sim(i,j) = 1 - d(i,j) d(i,j) is a non-negative number that is close to 0 when objects i and j are highly similar or "near" each ot..