In this chapter, we describe the clustering algorithms ComSep and ClusCo, for finding compact and well-separated clusters. Both the algorithms described in this chapter are based on nonsmooth optimization approaches and use incremental approaches to find good-quality starting points. The ComSep algorithm is based on separation error, while ClusCo uses the silhouette coefficient as a constraint to the clustering problem. Detailed descriptions and step-by-step formulation of these algorithms are given.

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Finding Compact and Well-Separated Clusters

  • Adil Bagirov,
  • Napsu Karmitsa,
  • Sona Taheri

摘要

In this chapter, we describe the clustering algorithms ComSep and ClusCo, for finding compact and well-separated clusters. Both the algorithms described in this chapter are based on nonsmooth optimization approaches and use incremental approaches to find good-quality starting points. The ComSep algorithm is based on separation error, while ClusCo uses the silhouette coefficient as a constraint to the clustering problem. Detailed descriptions and step-by-step formulation of these algorithms are given.