
clustering - K-means: Why minimizing WCSS is maximizing …
From a conceptual and algorithmic standpoint, I understand how K-means works. However, from a mathematical standpoint, I don't understand why minimizing the WCSS (within-cluster sums …
kMeans - acceptable value for WCSS - Cross Validated
$\begingroup$ chl: to answer briefly your questions - yes, i used it (kmeans of weka) on the same data set. firstly and secondly, with all 21 attributes - different k arguments 'of course' -> bad …
What does minimising the loss function mean in k-means clustering?
2020年9月17日 · The centroids are then updated after the points are all assigned, and points are re-assigned again. The algorithm continues to iterate until the clusters do not change …
clustering - Why is the k-means algorithm minimizing the within …
I have read that the k-means algorithm tries to minimize the within cluster sum of squares (or variance). With some brainstorming, a question popped up. Why is it that k-means or any …
r - Comparison of k-means clustering output - Cross Validated
2013年3月4日 · Hence when I give k=2, the output perfect matches with R's. In fact, the output is perfect for k=3 and k=4 too (I use 'nstart' to get the best output). But for k=5 and above, the …
r - What should be the ideal number of clusters for the plot whose ...
2016年1月20日 · Furthermore, WCSS is expected to decrease with the number of clusters. Even just assigning a single point to a new cluster obvioudly decreases WCSS, but foes not yield a …
clustering k-means spark-mllib - Cross Validated
2018年8月2日 · Never compare WCSS across different data versions or data sets. It's trivial to see that scaling all attributes by a factor of 2 does not affect the clustering, but changes the …
machine learning - In k-means clustering, why sum of squared …
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What does total ss and between ss mean in k-means clustering?
2014年1月19日 · It's basically a measure of the goodness of the classification k-means has found. SS obviously stands for Sum of Squares, so it's the usual decomposition of deviance in …
What do you do when there's no elbow point for kmeans clustering
2014年3月12日 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …