Mode clustering is a nonparametric method for clustering that defines clusters using the basins of attraction of a density estimator's modes. We provide several enhancements to mode clustering: (i) a soft variant of cluster assignment, (ii) a measure of connectivity between clusters, (iii) a technique for choosing the …
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Posterior regularization enhances Bayesian hierarchical mixture clustering by improving node separation.
problem High nodal variance in BHMC trees, leading to weak separation between nodes at higher levels.
method Employing Posterior Regularization to impose max-margin constraints on nodes at every level.
result Improves cluster separation in BHMC models, enhancing overall model performance.
PROTOCOL tackles imbalanced multi-view clustering by enhancing contrastive learning.
problem Class imbalance in real-world multi-view data.
method PROTOCOL uses partial optimal transport to perceive and mitigate imbalance, enhancing contrastive learning.
result PROTOCOL significantly improves clustering performance on imbalanced multi-view data.
Meta clustering categorizes learners for collaborative learning.
problem Filtering out unqualified collaborators in collaborative learning.
method Select-Exchange-Cluster (SEC) method to classify learners by their supervised functions.
result SEC can cluster learners into accurate collaboration sets and enhance single-learner performance.
SESSC clusters fuzzy rules for TSK classifiers, improving performance with label info.
problem Lack of supervised clustering for TSK fuzzy classifiers.
method SESSC integrates within-cluster compactness, between-cluster separation, and label information.
result SESSC initialization outperforms other clustering methods, especially for small rule numbers.
Enhances clustering quality evaluation in noisy data.
problem Reliable clustering quality assessment in noisy Gaussian mixtures.
method Feature Importance Rescaling (FIR) method.
result FIR improves correlation between cluster validity indices and ground truth.
DUET enhances multivariate time series forecasting by clustering time and channels.
problem Heterogeneous temporal patterns and complex channel correlations in multivariate time series.
method DUET uses dual clustering on temporal and channel dimensions to handle these challenges.
result DUET achieves state-of-the-art performance on 25 real-world datasets.
Enhances interpretability of linear latent spaces through automated clustering and ranking.
problem Severe interpretability issues in latent directions of PCA, ICA, CCA, and FA.
method LS-PIE framework automates clustering and ranking of latent vectors.
result Enhanced interpretability of latent vectors through LR, LS, LC, and LCON.
Two new algorithms improve online clustering of bandits by accelerating cluster identification without strong assumptions.
problem Challenges in accurately identifying unknown user clusters in online bandit settings.
method Proposes UniCLUB and PhaseUniCLUB algorithms with enhanced exploration mechanisms.
result Achieves comparable regret bounds to prior work with weaker assumptions.
Improved graph clustering with modularity and coarsening for attributes and communities.
problem Inaccurate community detection and computational inefficiency in graph clustering.
method Integrates coarsening and modularity maximization, using a loss function with log-determinant, smoothness, and modularity components.
result Superior clustering outcomes, proven consistent under DC-SBM, and efficient algorithm integration with GNNs and VGAEs.
We consider the problem of decentralized clustering and estimation over multi-task networks, where agents infer and track different models of interest. The agents do not know beforehand which model is generating their own data. They also do not know which agents in their neighborhood belong to the same cluster. We prop…
Proposes HypCSE for enhanced hierarchical clustering.
problem Challenges in existing hierarchical clustering methods.
method Hyperbolic Continuous Structural Entropy (HypCSE) neural networks.
result Superior performance on seven datasets.
Nowadays, financial data analysis is becoming increasingly important in the business market. As companies collect more and more data from daily operations, they expect to extract useful knowledge from existing collected data to help make reasonable decisions for new customer requests, e.g. user credit category, confide…
GCAO improves clustering of high-dimensional data by grouping low-density boundary points.
problem Stability and accuracy of clustering in high-dimensional, non-uniform data.
method Group-level optimization with gravitational attraction and optimization.
result GCAO outperforms 11 clustering methods on multiple datasets.
Enhances clustering for functional data, robust to outliers.
problem Challenges of clustering infinite-dimensional functional data and outlier sensitivity.
method Extends OCLUST algorithm to handle functional data, trimming outliers.
result Strong performance in clustering and outlier identification on simulated and real-world datasets.
This paper introduces cluster exchange groupoids for Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams and finds their fundamental groups are braid groups.
problem Understanding the fundamental groups of cluster exchange groupoids for Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams.
method Introduced cluster exchange groupoids for Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams and showed the fundamental group isomorphic to braid groups.
result The fundamental group of the exchange groupoid for a Coxeter-Dynkin diagram is the braid group associated with the diagram.
DCMAP optimizes clustering in Bayesian Networks with dependent costs.
problem Optimal clustering in Bayesian Networks with cost dependency.
method DCMAP algorithm that iteratively finds near-optimal cluster mappings.
result DCMAP finds all least cost cluster mappings optimally with minimal iterations.
Ensemble clustering has been a popular research topic in data mining and machine learning. Despite its significant progress in recent years, there are still two challenging issues in the current ensemble clustering research. First, most of the existing algorithms tend to investigate the ensemble information at the obje…
Enhanced spectral clustering for geometric graphs improves clustering accuracy.
problem Ineffective standard spectral clustering for geometric graphs.
method Higher-order spectral clustering using higher-order eigenvectors.
result Established weak and strong consistency for Soft Geometric Block Model.
ISVAE enhances interpretability in time series clustering using a novel filter bank.
problem Improving interpretability in time series clustering models.
method Integrates a Filter Bank (FB) into a Variational Autoencoder (VAE) to enhance interpretability and clusterability.
result ISVAE produces a more interpretable and separable encoding with enhanced clusterability.
Enhances clustering performance with a novel high-order Laplacian matrix.
problem Limited representation capability and insufficient information exploitation in multi-view spectral clustering.
method Proposes a multi-view spectral clustering algorithm that learns a high-order optimal neighborhood Laplacian matrix.
result Improves clustering performance through enhanced representation capacity of the learned optimal Laplacian matrix.
Enhances explainability of AI models without sacrificing accuracy.
problem Lack of interpretability in black-box models like Deep Neural Networks and Gradient Boosting.
method Co-supervised Local Model Synthesis (SynthTree) using Mixture of Linear Models (MLM).
result Statistical models significantly enhance explainability of AI models.
A new clustering method using Bayesian techniques improves robustness and interpretability.
problem Improving clustering techniques for better robustness and interpretability.
method The paper proposes a novel Bayesian clustering method using the proper Bayesian bootstrap, which combines k-means clustering and ensemble clustering.
result The method provides clear indication on the optimal number of clusters and a better representation of the clustered data.
A low-rank transformation learning framework for subspace clustering and classification is here proposed. Many high-dimensional data, such as face images and motion sequences, approximately lie in a union of low-dimensional subspaces. The corresponding subspace clustering problem has been extensively studied in the lit…
Range penalization enhances statistical accuracy and resource efficiency in federated learning.
problem Statistical accuracy and resource efficiency in federated learning.
method Range regularization and polar clustering.
result Enhanced statistical accuracy and reduced iteration complexity.
Paper detects and estimates breaks in high-dimensional functional time series.
problem Detecting and estimating structural breaks in heterogeneous mean functions of high-dimensional functional time series.
method Proposes a new test statistic combining functional CUSUM and power enhancement components, with a clustering algorithm for group structure estimation.
result The proposed techniques have satisfactory performance in finite samples, detecting and estimating breaks effectively.
Proposes TS-NMF for 2D clustering, preserving spatial info.
problem Loss of spatial information in 2D data.
method Semi-Nonnegative Matrix Factorization with manifold learning.
result Improves clustering performance compared to state-of-the-art.
Much of the data being created on the web contains interactions between users and items. Stochastic blockmodels, and other methods for community detection and clustering of bipartite graphs, can infer latent user communities and latent item clusters from this interaction data. These methods, however, typically ignore t…
Detecting stellar clusters have always been an important research problem in Astronomy. Although images do not convey very detailed information in detecting stellar density enhancements, we attempt to understand if new machine learning techniques can reveal patterns that would assist in drawing better inferences from t…
A new clustering algorithm tracks satellite hotspot data for bushfire tracking.
problem Tracking bushfires using satellite data.
method Spatiotemporal clustering algorithm with adjustable parameters.
result The algorithm effectively clusters satellite hotspot data for tracking bushfires.
A natural approach to analyze interaction data of form "what-connects-to-what-when" is to create a time-series (or rather a sequence) of graphs through temporal discretization (bandwidth selection) and spatial discretization (vertex contraction). Such discretization together with non-negative factorization techniques c…
The paper compares clustering techniques for personalized food kits.
problem Designing food kits that match individual consumer preferences.
method Comparative analysis of clustering techniques using conjoint analysis data.
result SVD clustering outperforms k-means in personalized food kit design.
Refined analysis of Mitra's algorithm for discrete mixtures.
problem Classifying general discrete mixture distribution models.
method Spectral clustering tailored to bipartite stochastic block models.
result Improved separation conditions for probability distributions.
Many modern clustering methods scale well to a large number of data items, N, but not to a large number of clusters, K. This paper introduces PERCH, a new non-greedy algorithm for online hierarchical clustering that scales to both massive N and K--a problem setting we term extreme clustering. Our algorithm efficiently …
New computational methods improve clustering of objects.
problem Clustering objects based on their joint occurrence in sets.
method Genetic algorithm with renumbering, local search, and simplified model.
result Improvements enhance computational performance of genetic algorithm.
Proposes a semi-supervised K-Means algorithm for better feature selection.
problem Data clustering with unknown feature quality and limited labelled data.
method Combines unsupervised sparse clustering and semi-supervised learning with labelled data.
result The algorithm identifies informative features and maintains high performance.
Deep clustering is a recently introduced deep learning architecture that uses discriminatively trained embeddings as the basis for clustering. It was recently applied to spectrogram segmentation, resulting in impressive results on speaker-independent multi-speaker separation. In this paper we extend the baseline system…
New clustering method uses Wasserstein distance to analyze simulation outputs.
problem Analyzing stochastic simulation outputs to uncover relationships and patterns.
method Agglomerative clustering using regularized Wasserstein distance.
result Identifies staffing plans yielding similar performance outcomes.
Multiple clustering aims at exploring alternative clusterings to organize the data into meaningful groups from different perspectives. Existing multiple clustering algorithms are designed for single-view data. We assume that the individuality and commonality of multi-view data can be leveraged to generate high-quality …
Proposes a constraint for deep clustering to handle both simple and complex topologies.
problem Limited prior knowledge for deep clustering methods to perform well on complex topologies.
method Introduces a constraint using symmetric InfoNCE to enhance deep clustering performance.
result The constraint improves deep clustering methods' performance on both simple and complex topologies.
Twitter has been a prominent social media platform for mining population-level health data and accurate clustering of health-related tweets into topics is important for extracting relevant health insights. In this work, we propose deep convolutional autoencoders for learning compact representations of health-related tw…
Selective reinitialization improves adaptability of neural bandits in dynamic environments.
problem Loss of plasticity in neural bandits, leading to rigid neural network parameters.
method Selective Reinitialization (SeRe) framework that dynamically resets underutilized units.
result SeRe enhances adaptability of CNB algorithms, reducing cumulative regret in dynamic environments.
We propose a Fourier-based approach for optimization of several clustering algorithms. Mathematically, clusters data can be described by a density function represented by the Dirac mixture distribution. The density function can be smoothed by applying the Fourier transform and a Gaussian filter. The determination of th…
Spectral clustering improves accuracy and efficiency for clustering discrete distributions.
problem Inaccurate clustering of discrete distributions using traditional methods.
method Spectral clustering combined with distribution affinity measures (MMD, Wasserstein distance) and linear optimal transport.
result Spectral clustering outperforms traditional methods in accuracy and efficiency.
Entropy regularization improves interpretability of probabilistic clustering models.
problem Bayesian nonparametric mixture models often produce unbalanced cluster frequencies.
method Interpreting the posterior as penalized likelihood, entropy regularization reduces sparsely-populated clusters.
result The proposed entropy-regularized estimator enhances interpretability without sacrificing computational convenience.
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.
We consider the problem of diversity enhancing clustering, i.e, developing clustering methods which produce clusters that favour diversity with respect to a set of protected attributes such as race, sex, age, etc. In the context of fair clustering, diversity plays a major role when fairness is understood as demographic…
PET-TURTLE improves clustering accuracy for imbalanced data.
problem Imbalanced data causes clustering errors.
method Generalizes cost function and introduces sparse logits.
result PET-TURTLE enhances overall clustering accuracy for imbalanced data.