Journal of Applied Sciences ›› 2020, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 792-802.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0255-8297.2020.05.010

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Clustering by Pruning Paths Based on Shortest Paths from Density Peaks

HU Enxiang1, WANG Chunyu2, PAN Meiqin1   

  1. 1. School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai 201600, China;
    2. School of Computer Science and Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • Received:2020-05-25 Online:2020-09-30 Published:2020-10-14

Abstract: Clustering is to classify multiple empirical data according to their similarity or proximity based on data labels and properties. For the clustering algorithm based on the density peaks, it mainly focuses on the determination of the clustering center and how to allocate the remaining points. In this paper, according to a trainable clustering algorithm based on shortest paths to density peaks, the clustering center is determined by the density peaks. We propose that using a cutoff threshold and pruning the path graph to improve the algorithm. The remaining points are allocated globally based on the shortest path method. It is proved that the algorithm can significantly improve the efficiency while maintaining the clustering accuracy.

Key words: clustering, density peak, shortest path method, pruning path

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