An abstract weighting framework for clustering algorithms

R Nock, F Nielsen - Proceedings of the 2004 SIAM International …, 2004 - SIAM
Proceedings of the 2004 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining, 2004SIAM
Recent works in unsupervised learning have emphasized the need to understand a new
trend in algorithmic design, which is to influence the clustering via weights on the instance
points. In this paper, we handle clustering as a constrained minimization of a Bregman
divergence. Theoretical results show benefits resembling those of boosting algorithms, and
bring new modified weighted versions of clustering algorithms such as k-means, expectation-
maximization (EM) and k-harmonic means. Experiments display the quality of the results …
Abstract
Recent works in unsupervised learning have emphasized the need to understand a new trend in algorithmic design, which is to influence the clustering via weights on the instance points. In this paper, we handle clustering as a constrained minimization of a Bregman divergence. Theoretical results show benefits resembling those of boosting algorithms, and bring new modified weighted versions of clustering algorithms such as k-means, expectation-maximization (EM) and k-harmonic means. Experiments display the quality of the results obtained, and corroborate the advantages that subtle data reweightings may bring to clustering.
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