The heuristic k-means algorithm, widely used for cluster analysis, does not guarantee optimality. We developed a dynamic programming algorithm for optimal one-dimensional clustering. The algorithm is implemented as an R package called Ckmeans.1d.dp. We demonstrate its advantage in optimality and runtime over the standard iterative k-means algorithm.
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Wang & Song, "The R Journal: Ckmeans.1d.dp: Optimal k-means Clustering in One Dimension by Dynamic Programming", The R Journal, 2011
BibTeX citation
@article{RJ-2011-015,
author = {Wang, Haizhou and Song, Mingzhou},
title = {The R Journal: Ckmeans.1d.dp: Optimal k-means Clustering in One Dimension by Dynamic Programming},
journal = {The R Journal},
year = {2011},
note = {https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2011-015},
doi = {10.32614/RJ-2011-015},
volume = {3},
issue = {2},
issn = {2073-4859},
pages = {29-33}
}