Choosing the number of clusters
Boris Mirkin · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery · 2011
Abstract 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, especially ink‐means clustering, and hierarchical cluster structures. Some perspective directions for further developments are outlined. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.WIREs Data Mining Knowl Discov2011 1 252–260 DOI: 10.1002/widm.15 This article is categorized under: Algorithmic Development > Structure Discovery Technologies > Structure Discovery and Clustering