A visual approach for external cluster validation

Ke Bing Zhang; Mehmet A. Orgun; Kang Zhang

doi:10.1109/CIDM.2007.368927

A visual approach for external cluster validation

Ke Bing Zhang^*, Mehmet A. Orgun, Kang Zhang

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Abstract

Visualization can be very powerful in revealing cluster structures. However, directly using visualization techniques to verify the validity of clustering results is still a challenge. This is due to the fact that visual representation lacks precision in contrasting clustering results. To remedy this problem, in this paper we propose a novel approach, which employs a visualization technique called HOV (Hypothesis Oriented Verification and Validation by Visualization) which offers a tunable measure mechanism to project clustered subsets and non-clustered subsets from a multidimensional space to a 2D plane. By comparing the data distributions of the subsets, users not only have an intuitive visual evaluation but also have a precise evaluation on the consistency of cluster structure by calculating geometrical information of their data distributions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining, CIDM 2007
Editors	Wlodek Duch, Joydeep Ghosh
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	576-582
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	1424407052, 9781424407057
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CIDM.2007.368927
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	1st IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining, CIDM 2007 - Honolulu, HI, United States Duration: 1 Apr 2007 → 5 Apr 2007

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Other	1st IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining, CIDM 2007
Country	United States
City	Honolulu, HI
Period	1/04/07 → 5/04/07

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Zhang, KB, Orgun, MA & Zhang, K 2007, A visual approach for external cluster validation. in W Duch & J Ghosh (eds), Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining, CIDM 2007., 4221351, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 576-582, 1st IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining, CIDM 2007, Honolulu, HI, United States, 1/04/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/CIDM.2007.368927

A visual approach for external cluster validation. / Zhang, Ke Bing; Orgun, Mehmet A.; Zhang, Kang.

Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining, CIDM 2007. ed. / Wlodek Duch; Joydeep Ghosh. Piscataway, NJ : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007. p. 576-582 4221351.

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