Summary of Block-diagonal Guided Dbscan Clustering, by Weibing Zhao
Block-Diagonal Guided DBSCAN Clustering
by Weibing Zhao
First submitted to arxiv on: 31 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper presents an improved version of DBSCAN, a widely used algorithm in cluster analysis for database mining. The existing DBSCAN has limitations such as difficulty handling high-dimensional large-scale data, sensitivity to input parameters, and lack of robustness in producing clustering results. To address these issues, the authors propose an improved DBSCAN that leverages the block-diagonal property of the similarity graph. This approach constructs a graph that measures the similarity between high-dimensional large-scale data points and transforms it into a block-diagonal form through permutation. The authors also develop a gradient descent-based method to solve this problem and propose a DBSCAN-based points traversal algorithm for identifying clusters with high densities. Additionally, they introduce a split-and-refine algorithm for automatically searching for diagonal blocks in the permuted graph. The proposed approach is evaluated on twelve real-world benchmark clustering datasets, demonstrating its superior performance compared to state-of-the-art methods. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper improves DBSCAN for database mining by using a block-diagonal property of similarity graphs. This helps with large-scale data and sensitivity issues. It also proposes new algorithms for finding clusters and searching for diagonal blocks in the graph. The method is tested on twelve real-world datasets, showing better results than other methods. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Clustering » Gradient descent
