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Top Clustering Algorithms Data Scientists Should Know

by Akhil M G
May 13, 2022
in Articles, Data Science and Machine Learning, Java Programming, React Native, Web and Android Development
Top Clustering Algorithms Data Scientists Should Know
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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Hierarchical Clustering
  • K-means Clustering
  • Gaussian Mixture Models
  • Mean Shift Clustering
  • Density-based Spatial Clustering of Applications With Noise (DBSCAN)
  • Expectation–Maximization Algorithm (EM)
  • Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
  • Self-Organizing Maps (SOM)
  • Label Propagation (LP)
  • Spectral Clustering

Clustering is one of the most common techniques used by data scientists to organize data into groups with similar features. Clustering algorithms are commonly used in image analysis, speech recognition, artificial intelligence, and almost any other field that requires grouping large amounts of unstructured data. In this article, we will go over 10 different clustering algorithms you should know as a data scientist, including examples of how they can be applied and when they should be avoided. Clustering algorithms are one of the most popular topics when it comes to data science, and rightly so — they’re often used in areas where the goal is to group objects together on some level, such as customer segmentation and market segmentation, or in data mining tasks like anomaly detection. Given their popularity, it’s useful to learn what other people consider the best clustering algorithms out there, so here are my top 10 favorite ones and why I like them! When analyzing data, clustering algorithms group elements that are similar and separate those that are different. Clustering algorithms do this by looking at the data points and determining if they look similar to each other or different from each other—they look at the features of each data point and decide if it looks like another data point.

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1: Which of the following algorithms is most suitable for classification tasks?

2: Which metric is generally used to evaluate the performance of a regression model?

3: Which of the following is not a feature scaling method?

4: In machine learning, what is overfitting?

5: Which type of machine learning algorithm is used to predict a continuous output?

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    Machine learning is widely used in data science to predict future trends based on historical data. A collection of algorithms are applied to large data sets and identify common patterns, which can be used to forecast future outcomes. The objective of clustering algorithms is to group similar data points together so that they become easier to analyze and manage. In marketing research, for example, customers might be categorized into different groups depending on their demographic profiles. These groups can then be used as a basis for market segmentation strategies. There are a number of approaches that can be used when designing a cluster analysis model, including k-means and hierarchical clustering algorithms—let’s take a look at 10 key examples of The k-means algorithm: This algorithm has been popularized by its use in market segmentation applications. It works by identifying centroids (which represent clusters) from inputted data, after which each observation is assigned to its nearest centroid using an iterative approach until all observations have been allocated to one of these clusters. Hierarchical clustering: This type of algorithm also identifies clusters but does so using an agglomerative approach, meaning that it begins with each point representing its own cluster and combines them together into larger clusters until there is only one left.

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    Hierarchical Clustering

    Because clustering algorithms are limited to unsupervised learning, I’ll start with one of my favorites: hierarchical clustering. Hierarchical clustering builds a hierarchy of clusters from your data using a single distance metric, such as Euclidean distance or Manhattan distance. It also uses a linkage criterion to define how two clusters are combined into a parent cluster. In most cases, hierarchical clustering results in at least two levels of cluster groups that form what’s called an ancestral tree. The bottom-most level of clusters consists of individual records; higher levels represent increasingly abstract groupings, and so on up until you arrive at leaf nodes, which represent entire classes (or species) in your dataset. A nice feature of hierarchical clustering is that it can be performed either iteratively or recursively, depending on whether you want to create just one final cluster grouping or multiple iterations. Although it may not always result in perfect clusters—there’s no guarantee all members of a given cluster are more similar than they are different—it does produce meaningful groupings for many datasets. And because it doesn’t require ground-truth labels for each record, it’s often used for exploratory analysis where you’re trying to understand your data better without necessarily having specific questions about it.

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    K-means Clustering

    In short, K-means is a type of clustering algorithm that attempts to group data into a pre-defined number of clusters. What is interesting about K-means is that it requires an additional variable (called a centroid) to compare data points in order to determine their appropriate cluster. In its most basic form, K-means takes n observations and creates n clusters where each observation belongs to the cluster with the centroid closest to it. For example, given 10 observations at (1,2), (3,4), (5,6),…,(9,8) k=2 would mean clustering into two clusters with each point having its own centroid: 2 and 8. The algorithm then iterates over all observations and recalculates which cluster they belong to until convergence. The distance between a point xi and a centroid ci can be calculated as follows: d = xi – ci ^2 / xi – xi ^2 * ci – ci ^2 . This value determines whether or not an observation should be moved from one cluster to another during iteration.

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    Gaussian Mixture Models

    This algorithm is an example of a density-based clustering algorithm, meaning it works best when given data that indicates which areas are dense and which are sparse. That’s because mean shift clusters by moving entire regions, rather than individual points. It’s an iterative algorithm: A set of points starts in one region, then is iteratively moved to higher-density regions until it can no longer find another home. Then it returns to its previous location—but with its neighbors now updated based on where else it could have gone. The advantage here is that you can choose how big each cluster should be: too small and you may not capture enough variation; too large and your clusters will become meaningless. If you need more detail, check out our deep dive into Gaussian mixture models. (Also known as K-means) Is there anything faster? Turns out yes, but with a catch: You lose flexibility. Instead of trying multiple random starting positions and adjusting from there, k-means algorithms start from predetermined locations. Then they move items around within their own group if they detect outliers or new members that don’t fit well within those groups before allowing them to join other groups. Like mean shift, k-means has many variations for different needs, such as k-medoids for skewed data or hierarchical k-means for very large sets of data containing many distinct clusters.

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    Mean Shift Clustering

    Mean shift is a non-parametric clustering algorithm that can be used when you have limited knowledge of your data. It was introduced in 2001 by Pierre-Luc Carrier and Jerome H. Friedman as an alternative to K-means. Unlike K-means, mean shift does not require you to specify how many clusters you want at the outset; it just analyzes your data and determines when there are enough clusters to make a partitioning. If you’re interested in learning more about mean shift, check out our post on what it is and how to use it. Also check out Fast Forward Labs for some great visualization tools for mean shift analysis. The R code below shows how you might run mean shift on your own data: Phase-based algorithms: There are a number of different phase-based algorithms that we could discuss here, but let’s focus on one: SOMs (Self Organizing Maps). SOMs are useful because they allow you to map multiple dimensions onto one another so that similar things tend to cluster together. This makes them especially useful for visualizing relationships between concepts. Like many other clustering algorithms, SOMs were developed in response to two important questions: How do I cluster my data? How do I know when I should stop?

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    Density-based Spatial Clustering of Applications With Noise (DBSCAN)

    DBSCAN (pronounced dee-bscan) is a density-based clustering algorithm, which means it clusters nearby similar data points. It was developed by Martin Ester, Hans-Peter Kriegel, Jurgen Von Campenhausen and Dieter Rombach in 1997 as an improved alternative to algorithms such as Voronoi tessellation, Mean Shift and Centroid computation. DBSCAN is not an exhaustive search algorithm but rather relies on local information; thus it performs well even in cases of high dimensionality or when only small amounts of data are available. The algorithm groups together nearby data points based on their density – i.e., how often each point occurs in conjunction with other points around it. Points that occur very frequently have more influence over neighboring points than those that occur less frequently. Points that do not appear to be part of any cluster can be removed from further consideration since they are probably anomalies. DBSCAN uses a metric called epsilon (ε), which determines how far away from another data point a given one can be while still being considered part of its cluster. Epsilon starts at zero and increases until all unclustered data points have been eliminated. The final set of clustered items is returned once no more unclustered items remain within epsilon distance from any existing cluster member.

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    Expectation–Maximization Algorithm (EM)

    The expectation-maximization algorithm (EM), also known as Dempster–Shafer, is a general purpose clustering algorithm used in statistics and data mining. It has several useful applications in machine learning such as data dimensionality reduction and density estimation for Gaussian mixture models. The Expectation step of EM computes an estimate formula_1 which maximizes formula_2 subject to formula_3, where formula_4 is a given set of variables, formula_5 denotes distribution function over the set of all possible random variables, and formula_6 are parameters associated with each variable. In other words it computes a conditional distribution that assumes that all other variables are also included within their probability mass distributions. The Maximization step then takes these estimates and maximizes them by adding additional constraints on them. Briefly, E-step finds maximum likelihood estimates using Bayes’ rule: formula_7 whereas M-step adds additional constraints to make sure they satisfy marginality conditions:formula_8where N is number of observations, X is vector of observed variables, y is vector of latent variables or clusters (which we have no direct access) and Σ denotes summation over all values in X. This ensures that latent variables are conditionally independent given observed variables.

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    Principal Component Analysis (PCA)

    The most common use of PCA is to summarize data sets that are too large to visualize by projecting them onto a smaller number of dimensions, much like reducing a map down to two or three variables. PCA can also reveal structure in data that you may not have thought was there. (In fact, it’s an essential ingredient in modern machine learning methods like neural networks and deep learning.) In some cases, PCA can tell you which combinations of variables are actually telling you something about your data—something that exploratory factor analysis would miss. For instance, if factors A and B explain 90% of your results but only 60% when used together, it could be valuable information for scientists trying to understand their experiments. Another potential use of PCA is dimensionality reduction. Let’s say you have one million examples and 10 features; PCA might help reduce that down to 100 examples with 100 features. It won’t necessarily uncover hidden insights in your data, but it will let you work with less complexity so you can spend more time on other tasks without missing out on key details. This isn’t always practical or possible (in our example above, if each example has hundreds of features, using just 10 features from those examples would give us useless information), but if dimensionality reduction does make sense for your problem, PCA should be at least part of your toolkit.

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    Self-Organizing Maps (SOM)

    SOM is a type of artificial neural network (ANN) used in unsupervised machine learning, which is employed when unlabeled data are inputted. In these cases, SOM learns to group data according to similarity automatically through an iterative process called self-organization. The goal of SOM is to create a low-dimensional representation of high-dimensional data. Usually, SOMs are constructed by an algorithm that repeatedly applies a predefined set of simple transformations (or algorithm). The initial results from each step form several clusters (called maps) around various centroids. Maps representing larger and more numerous clusters are then built with adjacent maps until all neighboring groups have been merged together. This process continues until there is only one single map left. The k-means clustering algorithm: K-means clustering is another popular method for cluster analysis, which has its origins in signal processing and statistics. It’s often used as a first approach when data need to be clustered into two or more groups, but it can also be applied to many other situations. As its name suggests, k-means clustering involves defining k different centers that act as cluster prototypes; after that point, every new observation gets assigned to one of those prototypes based on how close it falls within its proximity range.

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    Label Propagation (LP)

    LP is a clustering algorithm that works by creating clusters in an iterative manner. In each iteration, it divides objects into two clusters and assigns a label to each cluster. It then goes over to unlabeled objects (data points) and assigns them labels based on which cluster they are closer to. It does that in such a way so as to minimize any between-cluster distances for labeled objects (i.e., it tries to place nearby data points into one cluster and distant ones into another). The main advantage of LP is its simplicity, along with speed. A disadvantage of LP is that it doesn’t always produce optimal results, especially when there are few data points or they don’t form clear clusters. Another problem is that labeling can be arbitrary: if you have many clusters, your data point could be assigned to any of them, leading to random assignment instead of optimizing for similarity. Finally, LP tends to get stuck in local minima—it may not find a globally optimal solution. The k-means algorithm: K-means is probably one of the most well known algorithms out there because it has been used since its introduction in 1964.

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    Spectral Clustering

    A method of unsupervised machine learning that is based on spectral graph theory. It can be used to discover hidden structures within a data set (and is particularly good at finding natural groupings, or clusters, in multivariate data). It works by identifying connected components within a graph and then mapping them out as individual clusters. Although it’s not widely used, it’s one of my favorite clustering algorithms because I find its results very aesthetically pleasing (I like pretty graphs!). If you want to learn more about how it works, I highly recommend reading Kohavi et al.’s original paper Efficient Cluster Discovery Via Graph Bisection. (Kohavi_CLUSTERING) K-means: K-means is probably one of the most well-known clustering algorithms. Given a set of n observations, k-means will attempt to identify k clusters within those observations using an iterative algorithm that calculates centroids for each cluster and updates those values after every iteration until convergence has been reached. If you are interested to learn new coding skills, the Entri app will help you to acquire them very easily. Entri app is following a structural study plan so that the students can learn very easily. If you don’t have a coding background, it won’t be any problem. You can download the Entri app from the google play store and enroll in your favorite course.

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