23. The method of claim 1 , wherein the growth criterion limits growth of the clusters such that data records that are members of a first candidate data cluster are within the first threshold of a predetermined member of the first candidate data cluster.
23. The method of claim 1 , wherein the growth criterion limits growth of the clusters such that data records that are members of a first candidate data cluster are within the first threshold of a predetermined member of the first candidate data cluster. 24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the cluster membership criterion indicates that data records that are members of the first candidate data cluster are within the second threshold of at least one previously added member of the first candidate data cluster.