A Generalized Affinity Propagation Clustering Algorithm for Nonspherical
  Cluster Discovery

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Abstract

Clustering analysis aims to discover the underlying clusters in the data points according to their similarities. It has wide applications ranging from bioinformatics to astronomy. Here, we proposed a Generalized Affinity Propagation (G-AP) clustering algorithm. Data points are first organized in a sparsely connected in-tree (IT) structure by a physically inspired strategy. Then, additional edges are added to the IT structure for those reachable nodes. This expanded structure is subsequently trimmed by affinity propagation method. Consequently, the underlying cluster structure, with separate clusters, emerges. In contrast to other IT-based methods, G-AP is fully automatic and takes as input the pairs of similarities between data points only. Unlike affinity propagation, G-AP is capable of discovering nonspherical clusters.

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Survey of clustering algorithms.

Rui Xu, Donald Wunsch (2005)

Data analysis plays an indispensable role for understanding various phenomena. Cluster analysis, primitive exploration with little or no prior knowledge, consists of research developed across a wide variety of communities. The diversity, on one hand, equips us with many tools. On the other hand, the profusion of options causes confusion. We survey clustering algorithms for data sets appearing in statistics, computer science, and machine learning, and illustrate their applications in some benchmark data sets, the traveling salesman problem, and bioinformatics, a new field attracting intensive efforts. Several tightly related topics, proximity measure, and cluster validation, are also discussed.