Discover the basic concepts of cluster analysis, and then study a set of typical clustering methodologies, algorithms, and applications. This includes partitioning methods such as k-means, hierarchical methods such as BIRCH, and density-based methods such as DBSCAN/OPTICS. Moreover, learn methods for clustering validation and evaluation of clustering quality. Finally, see examples of cluster analysis in applications.
What you'll learn
understand basic concepts of cluster analysis
apply partitioning methods like k-means
utilize hierarchical clustering methods such as BIRCH
implement density-based methods including DBSCAN and OPTICS