Clustering ensemble, or consensus clustering, has emerged as a powerful tool for improving both the robustness and the stability of results from individual clustering methods. Weighted clustering ensemble arises naturally from clustering ensemble. One of the arguments for weighted clustering ensemble is that elements (…
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Multiplex Dirichlet stochastic block model for clustering multidimensional compositional networksstat.ME
Proposes a new model for clustering multiplex networks with compositional data.
problem Clustering multiplex networks with multiple types of relations and compositional data.
method Multiplex Dirichlet stochastic block model for compositional networks.
result Validated through simulation and applied to international export data.
Robust feature-weighted jump models for time-dependent clustering
problem Temporal clustering
method Robust feature-weighted jump model
result Accurate recovery of true cluster sequence and feature identification
New method clusters matrix-valued data by latent variables.
problem Clustering matrix-valued data with hidden structure.
method Latent variable model with hierarchical clustering.
result Algorithm attains clustering consistency in high dimensions.
DMFAW improves multi-view clustering with adaptive weights and feature selection.
problem Lack of effective feature selection and empirical hyperparameter selection in existing deep matrix factorization methods.
method Introduces Deep Matrix Factorization with Adaptive Weights (DMFAW) for multi-view clustering, incorporating feature selection and dynamically updating weights using Control Theory.
result DMFAW outperforms state-of-the-art methods in clustering performance.
As a model problem for clustering, we consider the densest k-disjoint-clique problem of partitioning a weighted complete graph into k disjoint subgraphs such that the sum of the densities of these subgraphs is maximized. We establish that such subgraphs can be recovered from the solution of a particular semidefinite re…
New method clusters hypergraphs using weighted random walks and Laplacians.
problem Clustering hypergraph data with edge-dependent weights.
method Random walks with edge-dependent vertex weights, constructing hypergraph Laplacians for clustering.
result Proposed methods outperform existing hypergraph clustering algorithms.
A new model clusters network nodes based on relative edge weights.
problem Clustering networks ignores node capacities, leading to biased results.
method Proposes a Dirichlet stochastic block model for composition-weighted networks.
result Validated on simulated and real-world networks, showing improved clustering accuracy.
clusterBMA combines clustering results from multiple models using Bayesian model averaging.
problem Uncertainty in model selection for clustering.
method Bayesian model averaging to combine results from multiple clustering algorithms.
result ClusterBMA offers probabilistic cluster allocations and quantifies model-based uncertainty.
We introduce a principled method for the signed clustering problem, where the goal is to partition a graph whose edge weights take both positive and negative values, such that edges within the same cluster are mostly positive, while edges spanning across clusters are mostly negative. Our method relies on a graph-based …
Exploiting different representations, or views, of the same object for better clustering has become very popular these days, which is conventionally called multi-view clustering. Generally, it is essential to measure the importance of each individual view, due to some noises, or inherent capacities in description. Many…
A family of parsimonious Gaussian cluster-weighted models is presented. This family concerns a multivariate extension to cluster-weighted modelling that can account for correlations between multivariate responses. Parsimony is attained by constraining parts of an eigen-decomposition imposed on the component covariance …
A new method for clustering functional data outperforms existing methods.
problem Clustering heterogeneous functional linear regression data.
method funWeightClust, a family of parsimonious models based on cluster weighted models.
result funWeightClust outperforms existing methods in simulations and real-world traffic analysis.
New concept of mixture complexity helps detect gradual clustering changes.
problem Determining the number of clusters in mixture models with overlaps and weight biases.
method Introducing mixture complexity (MC) as a new measure of cluster size, defined from information theory.
result MC can detect gradual clustering changes, allowing earlier detection and finer distinction.
Data clustering has received a lot of attention and numerous methods, algorithms and software packages are available. Among these techniques, parametric finite-mixture models play a central role due to their interesting mathematical properties and to the existence of maximum-likelihood estimators based on expectation-m…
Proposes a weighted conformal approach for cluster label uncertainty.
problem Cluster label uncertainty in unlabeled data.
method Develops a conformal inference algorithm to correct label mismatch.
result Improves confidence set size in nonlinear and high-dimensional clustering.
Improved accuracy in machine learning with Cross-Cluster Weighted Forests.
problem Improving accuracy in machine learning algorithms for datasets with clusters.
method Ensembling Random Forest learners trained on clusters determined by k-means.
result Significant improvements in accuracy and generalizability over traditional Random Forest.
In mixture model-based clustering applications, it is common to fit several models from a family and report clustering results from only the `best' one. In such circumstances, selection of this best model is achieved using a model selection criterion, most often the Bayesian information criterion. Rather than throw awa…
A new clustering method for functional data using skewed distributions.
problem Clustering functional data with skewed distributions.
method Mixtures of functional linear regression models and three skewed multivariate distributions (variance-gamma, skew-t, normal-inverse Gaussian).
result The proposed method funWeightClustSkew performs well on simulated and real data.
This paper presents a new fuzzy k-means algorithm for the clustering of high-dimensional data in various subspaces. Since high-dimensional data, some features might be irrelevant and relevant but may have different significance in the clustering process. For better clustering, it is crucial to incorporate the contribut…
New method clusters weighted directed networks using motifs.
problem Clustering directed networks fails to consider higher-order structure and edge weights.
method Motif-based weighted spectral clustering with new matrix formulae.
result Scalable and effective clustering on large graphs and real-world data.
The classical -means algorithm for partitioning points in into clusters is one of the most popular and widely spread clustering methods. The need to respect prescribed lower bounds on the cluster sizes has been observed in many scientific and business applications. In this paper, we present an…
We formulate weighted graph clustering as a prediction problem: given a subset of edge weights we analyze the ability of graph clustering to predict the remaining edge weights. This formulation enables practical and theoretical comparison of different approaches to graph clustering as well as comparison of graph cluste…
Proposes WM-NMF for better multi-view clustering.
problem Learning multi-view data with unequal view information content.
method Introduces a weighted multi-view NMF algorithm to learn view-specific and observation-specific weights.
result Achieves better clustering performance and handles noisy data.
We describe -MLE, a fast and efficient local search algorithm for learning finite statistical mixtures of exponential families such as Gaussian mixture models. Mixture models are traditionally learned using the expectation-maximization (EM) soft clustering technique that monotonically increases the incomplete (expec…
Combining Multiple Clusterings via Crowd Agreement Estimation and Multi-Granularity Link Analysisstat.ML
The clustering ensemble technique aims to combine multiple clusterings into a probably better and more robust clustering and has been receiving an increasing attention in recent years. There are mainly two aspects of limitations in the existing clustering ensemble approaches. Firstly, many approaches lack the ability t…
Spectral clustering is a celebrated algorithm that partitions objects based on pairwise similarity information. While this approach has been successfully applied to a variety of domains, it comes with limitations. The reason is that there are many other applications in which only \emph{multi}-way similarity measures ar…
A new metric framework for weighted projective spaces improves clustering and analysis.
problem Proximity measurement in weighted projective spaces with intrinsic scaling and topology.
method Hierarchical clustering framework based on Finsler geometry, quotienting weighted scaling action.
result The constructed metric satisfies the triangle inequality, making it a genuine metric.
New bounds for convex clustering under graph connectivity.
problem Understanding clustering performance under different graph connectivity structures.
method Random walks and concentration inequalities for random graph models.
result Improved rates of convergence for centroid recovery.
Study of -vector cones in cluster algebras from weighted orbifolds.
problem Determine the closure of -vector cones in cluster algebras.
method Analyzing -vector cones in a cluster algebra defined from a weighted orbifold.
result Closure of the union of -vector cones is except for specific weighted orbifolds.
CW-EDMD improves prediction accuracy by learning local Koopman models for different state-space regions.
problem Inefficient global Koopman operator approximation for distinct local dynamics.
method Cluster-Weighted EDMD (CW-EDMD) learns a soft phase-space partition and per-cluster EDMD operators using EM objective.
result CW-EDMD significantly reduces prediction errors across various systems and configurations.
A new method reduces high-dimensional data's impact on CWMs using TSNE.
problem High-dimensional data hampers CWMs' accuracy and speed.
method TSNE for dimensionality reduction, parsimonious technique, expectation maximization.
result TSNE enhances CWMs' performance in high-dimensional space.
The paper optimizes portfolios using clustering and Sharpe ratio-based optimization.
problem Optimizing portfolio performance in financial modeling.
method Combines K-Means clustering for asset segmentation and Sharpe ratio-based optimization.
result Optimized portfolios outperform traditional equal-weighted benchmarks.
Data clustering is a fundamental problem with a wide range of applications. Standard methods, eg the -means method, usually require solving a non-convex optimization problem. Recently, total variation based convex relaxation to the -means model has emerged as an attractive alternative for data clustering. However…
Clustering is a fundamental problem in unsupervised learning. Popular methods like K-means, may suffer from poor performance as they are prone to get stuck in its local minima. Recently, the sum-of-norms (SON) model (also known as the clustering path) has been proposed in Pelckmans et al. (2005), Lindsten et al. (2011)…
New algorithm improves hypergraph clustering for unbalanced communities.
problem Hypergraph clustering with unbalanced community sizes and outliers.
method CRTMLE algorithm using convex relaxation of truncated MLE.
result Achieves optimal recovery guarantees for unbalanced community sizes.
Improved spectral clustering for community detection in networks.
problem Community detection in networks.
method Improved spectral clustering (ISC) based on k-means clustering on weighted eigenvectors of a regularized Laplacian matrix.
result ISC yields stable consistent community detection under mild conditions and outperforms classical methods.
New method embeds phylogenetic trees for clustering, recovering evolutionary relationships.
problem Lack of a meaningful way to embed phylogenetic trees into a vector space.
method Split-weight embedding to fit clustering algorithms to phylogenetic trees.
result Split-weight embedding recovers meaningful evolutionary relationships in simulated and real data.
Proposes a method for multi-view clustering that considers local structures and feature weights.
problem Challenges in effectively exploiting complementary information across multiple views.
method Simultaneously assigns weights to different features and captures local information in view-specific feature spaces.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on benchmark datasets.
We study the use of power weighted shortest path distance functions for clustering high dimensional Euclidean data, under the assumption that the data is drawn from a collection of disjoint low dimensional manifolds. We argue, theoretically and experimentally, that this leads to higher clustering accuracy. We also pres…
Develops a new random forest method for clustered data with improved prediction and inference.
problem Improving prediction and inference accuracy for clustered data with within-cluster dependence.
method Clustered Random Forests, using weighted least squares estimators for leaf predictions.
result Optimal prediction and inference weights vary under covariate shift, necessitating user-chosen weights.
We define a class of Euclidean distances on weighted graphs, enabling to perform thermodynamic soft graph clustering. The class can be constructed form the "raw coordinates" encountered in spectral clustering, and can be extended by means of higher-dimensional embeddings (Schoenberg transformations). Geographical flow …
The paper proves an infinite double bubble theorem in higher dimensions.
problem Characterizing minimizing partitions of infinite and finite volumes in .
method Proves a variant of the double bubble theorem for configurations with infinite and finite chambers.
result Locally minimizing -clusters are unique in for and under certain conditions.
Framework for multi-scale clustering using phase transitions.
problem Clustering datasets with multi-scale structures.
method Cascade of phase transitions in simulated annealing of Expectation-Maximisation algorithm with weighted local covariance.
result Approximation of the number and size of clusters at different scales.
Grouping objects into clusters based on similarities or weights between them is one of the most important problems in science and engineering. In this work, by extending message passing algorithms and spectral algorithms proposed for unweighted community detection problem, we develop a non-parametric method based on st…
Incomplete Multi-view Clustering via Hierarchical Semantic Alignment and Cooperative Completioneess.IV
HSACC improves multi-view clustering of incomplete data.
problem Challenges in clustering incomplete multi-view data.
method Hierarchical Semantic Alignment and Cooperative Completion framework.
result HSACC outperforms state-of-the-art methods on benchmark datasets.
We consider a decomposition method for compressive streaming data in the context of online compressive Robust Principle Component Analysis (RPCA). The proposed decomposition solves an - cluster-weighted minimization to decompose a sequence of frames (or vectors), into sparse and low-rank components, from com…
Unified framework for comparing clusterings from information-theoretic and pair-counting perspectives.
problem Divergent evaluations of unsupervised models due to different clustering similarity measures.
method Developed an analytical framework that unifies pair-counting and information-theoretic clustering similarity measures.
result Unified framework clarifies when and why the two regimes diverge and provides a principled basis for selecting and interpreting clustering similarity measures.