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T1 - Autonomous data density based clustering method
AU - Angelov, Plamen Parvanov
AU - Gu, Xiaowei
AU - Gutierrez, German
AU - Iglesias, Jose Antonio
AU - Sanchis, Araceli
PY - 2016/7/24
Y1 - 2016/7/24
N2 - It is well known that clustering is an unsupervised machine learning technique. However, most of the clustering methods need setting several parameters such as number of clusters, shape of clusters, or other user- or problem-specific parameters and thresholds. In this paper, we propose a new clustering approach which is fully autonomous, in the sense that it does not require parameters to be pre-defined. This approach is based on data density automatically derived from their mutual distribution in the data space. It is called ADD clustering (Autonomous Data Density based clustering). It is entirely based on the experimentally observable data and is free fromrestrictive prior assumptions.This new method exhibits highly accurate clustering performance. Its performance is compared on benchmarked data sets with other competitive alternative approaches. Experimental results demonstrate that ADD clustering significantly outperforms other clustering methods yet does not require restrictive user- or problem-specific parameters or assumptions. The new clustering method is a solid basis for further applications in the field of data analytics.
AB - It is well known that clustering is an unsupervised machine learning technique. However, most of the clustering methods need setting several parameters such as number of clusters, shape of clusters, or other user- or problem-specific parameters and thresholds. In this paper, we propose a new clustering approach which is fully autonomous, in the sense that it does not require parameters to be pre-defined. This approach is based on data density automatically derived from their mutual distribution in the data space. It is called ADD clustering (Autonomous Data Density based clustering). It is entirely based on the experimentally observable data and is free fromrestrictive prior assumptions.This new method exhibits highly accurate clustering performance. Its performance is compared on benchmarked data sets with other competitive alternative approaches. Experimental results demonstrate that ADD clustering significantly outperforms other clustering methods yet does not require restrictive user- or problem-specific parameters or assumptions. The new clustering method is a solid basis for further applications in the field of data analytics.
KW - fully autonomous clustering
KW - data density
KW - mutual distribution
KW - data analytics
M3 - Conference paper
SP - 2405
EP - 2413
T2 - The bi-annual IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI)
Y2 - 24 July 2016
ER -