Clusterpath: An Algorithm for Clustering Using Convex Fusion Penalties

Abstract

We present a new clustering algorithm by proposing a convex relaxation of hierarchical clustering, which results in a family of objective functions with a natural geometric interpretation. We give efficient algorithms for calculating the continuous regularization path of solutions, and discuss relative advantages of the parameters. Our method experimentally gives state-of-the-art results similar to spectral clustering for non-convex clusters, and has the added benefit of learning a tree structure from the data.

Cite

Text

Hocking et al. "Clusterpath: An Algorithm for Clustering Using Convex Fusion Penalties." International Conference on Machine Learning, 2011.

Markdown

[Hocking et al. "Clusterpath: An Algorithm for Clustering Using Convex Fusion Penalties." International Conference on Machine Learning, 2011.](https://mlanthology.org/icml/2011/hocking2011icml-clusterpath/)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{hocking2011icml-clusterpath,
  title     = {{Clusterpath: An Algorithm for Clustering Using Convex Fusion Penalties}},
  author    = {Hocking, Toby and Vert, Jean-Philippe and Bach, Francis R. and Joulin, Armand},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning},
  year      = {2011},
  pages     = {745-752},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/icml/2011/hocking2011icml-clusterpath/}
}