Cluster ensembles: A survey of approaches with recent extensions and applications

T Boongoen, N Iam-On - Computer Science Review, 2018 - Elsevier
Cluster ensembles have been shown to be better than any standard clustering algorithm at
improving accuracy and robustness across different data collections. This meta-learning …

A comprehensive survey of traditional, merge-split and evolutionary approaches proposed for determination of cluster number

E Hancer, D Karaboga - Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2017 - Elsevier
Today's data mostly does not include the knowledge of cluster number. Therefore, it is not
possible to use conventional clustering approaches to partition today's data, ie, it is …

Intelligent Choice of the Number of Clusters in K-Means Clustering: An Experimental Study with Different Cluster Spreads

MMT Chiang, B Mirkin - Journal of classification, 2010 - Springer
The issue of determining “the right number of clusters” in K-Means has attracted
considerable interest, especially in the recent years. Cluster intermix appears to be a factor …

A link-based approach to the cluster ensemble problem

N Iam-On, T Boongoen, S Garrett… - IEEE transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cluster ensembles have recently emerged as a powerful alternative to standard cluster
analysis, aggregating several input data clusterings to generate a single output clustering …

Weighted cluster ensembles: Methods and analysis

C Domeniconi, M Al-Razgan - ACM Transactions on Knowledge …, 2009 - dl.acm.org
Cluster ensembles offer a solution to challenges inherent to clustering arising from its ill-
posed nature. Cluster ensembles can provide robust and stable solutions by leveraging the …

A link-based cluster ensemble approach for categorical data clustering

N Iam-On, T Boongeon, S Garrett… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Although attempts have been made to solve the problem of clustering categorical data via
cluster ensembles, with the results being competitive to conventional algorithms, it is …

Representation learning using deep random vector functional link networks for clustering

M Hu, PN Suganthan - Pattern Recognition, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Random Vector Functional Link (RVFL) Networks have received a lot of attention
due to the fast training speed as the non-iterative solution characteristic. Currently, the main …

Choosing the number of clusters

B Mirkin - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Data Mining and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The issue of determining 'the right number of clusters' is attracting ever growing interest. The
paper reviews published work on the issue with respect to mixture of distributions, partition …

Effects of resampling method and adaptation on clustering ensemble efficacy

B Minaei-Bidgoli, H Parvin, H Alinejad-Rokny… - Artificial Intelligence …, 2014 - Springer
Clustering ensembles combine multiple partitions of data into a single clustering solution of
better quality. Inspired by the success of supervised bagging and boosting algorithms, we …

Stratified feature sampling method for ensemble clustering of high dimensional data

L Jing, K Tian, JZ Huang - Pattern Recognition, 2015 - Elsevier
High dimensional data with thousands of features present a big challenge to current
clustering algorithms. Sparsity, noise and correlation of features are common characteristics …