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* Overview of clustering
 
* Overview of clustering
 
* Distance functions and similarity measures and their impact
 
* Distance functions and similarity measures and their impact
* K-means algorithms
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* k-means algorithms (Lloyd's method, k-means++)
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* Partitional clustering
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* Hierarchical clustering
 
* How to chose k and what is the impact of large and small k's
 
* How to chose k and what is the impact of large and small k's
* EM
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Revision as of 11:03, 14 January 2016

This a pair of lectures used in the Syllabus for Machine Learning 10-601B in Spring 2016.

Slides

  • ...

Readings

Mitchell 6.12 - a nice description of EM and k-means.

What You Should Know Afterward

You should know how to implement these methods, and what their relative advantages and disadvantages are.

  • Overview of clustering
  • Distance functions and similarity measures and their impact
  • k-means algorithms (Lloyd's method, k-means++)
  • Partitional clustering
  • Hierarchical clustering
  • How to chose k and what is the impact of large and small k's