DSPA Chapter 12: k-Means Clustering

DSPA Chapter 12: k-Means Clustering

In this chapter, we will present (1) clustering as a machine learning task, (2) the silhouette plots for classification evaluation, (3) the k-Means clustering algorithm and how to tune it, (4) examples of several interesting case-studies, including Divorce and Consequences on Young Adults, Pediatric Trauma, and Youth Development, (5) demonstrate hierarchical clustering, and (6) Gaussian mixture modeling.