A new density-based clustering approach in graph theoretic context


İNKAYA T., Kayaligil S., ÖZDEMİREL N. E.

IADIS Int. Conf. Intelligent Systems and Agents 2010,ISA, IADIS European Conference on Data Mining 2010,DM, Part of the MCCSIS 2010, Freiburg, Germany, 28 - 31 July 2010, pp.3-10 identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • City: Freiburg
  • Country: Germany
  • Page Numbers: pp.3-10
  • Keywords: Arbitrary shapes, Clustering, Density, Graph, Outlier
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We consider the clustering problem with arbitrary shapes and different densities both within and between the clusters, where the number of clusters is unknown. We propose a new density-based approach in the graph theory context. The proposed algorithm has three phases. The first phase makes use of graph-based and density-based clustering approaches in order to identify the neighborhood structure of data points. The second phase detects outliers using the local outlier concept. In the third phase, a hiearchical agglomeration is performed to form the final clusters. The algorithm is tested on a number data sets and found to be effective. © 2010 IADIS.