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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -171,14 +171,16 @@ multiple different clusterings. This does not engender much confidence
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in any individual clustering that may result.
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So, in summary, here's how K-Means seems to stack up against out
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- desiderata: \* **Don't be wrong! **: K-means is going to throw points
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+ desiderata:
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+ - **Don't be wrong! **: K-means is going to throw points
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into clusters whether they belong or not; it also assumes you clusters
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- are globular. K-Means scores very poorly on this point. \* ** Intuitive
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- parameters **: If you have a good intuition for how many clusters the
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+ are globular. K-Means scores very poorly on this point.
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+ - ** Intuitive parameters **: If you have a good intuition for how many clusters the
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dataset your exploring has then great, otherwise you might have a
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- problem. \* **Stability **: Hopefully the clustering is stable for your
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- data. Best to have many runs and check though. \* **Performance **: This
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- is K-Means big win. It's a simple algorithm and with the right tricks
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+ problem.
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+ - **Stability **: Hopefully the clustering is stable for your
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+ data. Best to have many runs and check though.
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+ - **Performance **: This is K-Means big win. It's a simple algorithm and with the right tricks
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and optimizations can be made exceptionally efficient. There are few
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algorithms that can compete with K-Means for performance. If you have
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truly huge data then K-Means might be your only option.
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