Which clustering method is suitable for which kind of data?

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Which clustering method is suitable for which kind of data?

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K-means is best suited for clustering of which type of data?
When k-means fails? for which type of data set k-means does not give accurate answer?
COBWEB is best suited for clustering of which type of data?
When COBWEB fails? for which type of data set COBWEB does not give accurate answer?

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1)Looking at some Infinite training Finite training, I can say that K-means is best suited for any kind of data which can be divided in to vectors and best for quantitative data.

2)K-means fails When the numbers of data are not so many,When initial condition is sensitive or flickering ,which gives different results

Dhaval dave 2010-06-05 11:14:40

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K-means can have issues in high dimensions when using euclidian distance as everything ends up being "close".

What type of clustering are you trying to do?

Chad Brewbaker 2010-06-11 07:01:44

I am proposing a new incremental clustering method. I am working on 8 different domain data sets and getting expected results. Hence wanted to try a data set where my method may not work. In this regard wanted to know k-means and COBWEB will be suitable for which domain? so as to find out credentials of my work.

Arpana 2010-06-11 10:47:23

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I have had problems using K means clustering with a data set that included Dip and Dip Direction (points on the surface of a sphere). In the end I had to create a crude genetic algorithm to do the clustering.

Ian Turner 2010-06-25 13:29:10

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