Tag Archives: clustering

Categorical data clustering: 25 years beyond K-modes (a survey)

If you are interested by categorical data clustering, I am glad to announce that a new and up-to-date survey paper named “Categorical data clustering: 25 years beyond K-modes” will appear on this topic in the Expert Systems with Applications journal. … Continue reading

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K-Means Interactive Demo in your browser

In this blog post, I introduce a new interactive tool for showing a demonstration of the K-Means algorithm for students (for teaching purposes). The K-Means clustering demo tool can be accessed here: philippe-fournier-viger.com/tools/kmeans_demo.php The K-Means demo, first let you enter … Continue reading

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Introduction to the K-Means clustering algorithm (with Java code)

In this blog post, I will introduce the popular data mining task of clustering (also called cluster analysis).  I will explain what is the goal of clustering, and then introduce the popular K-Means algorithm with an example. Moreover, I will briefly explain how an open-source Java implementation of … Continue reading

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