Difference between revisions of "10-601 Clustering"

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Mitchell 6.12 also has a nice description of EM and k-means.
 
Mitchell 6.12 also has a nice description of EM and k-means.
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You should know how to implement these methods, and what their relative advantages and disadvantages are.
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* Overview of clustering
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* Distance functions and similarity measures and their impact
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* K-means algorithms
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* How to chose k and what is the impact of large and small k's
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* EM
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* Differences between GM and K-means

Revision as of 10:04, 12 August 2014

This a lecture used in the Syllabus for Machine Learning 10-601 in Fall 2014

Slides

Slides in PDF

Readings

Bishop's Chapter 9

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

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
  • How to chose k and what is the impact of large and small k's
  • EM
  • Differences between GM and K-means