get_best_kxi

Select k-Xi clustering model based on a metric and a rank

Density-based clustering methods are well adapted to the clustering of high-dimensional data and enable the discovery of core groups of various shapes despite large amounts of noise. This package provides a novel density-based cluster extraction method, OPTICS k-Xi, and a framework to compare k-Xi models using distance-based metrics to investigate datasets with unknown number of clusters. The vignette first introduces density-based algorithms with simulated datasets, then presents and evaluates the k-Xi cluster extraction method. Finally, the models comparison framework is described and experimented on 2 genetic datasets to identify groups and their discriminating features. The k-Xi algorithm is a novel OPTICS cluster extraction method that specifies directly the number of clusters and does not require fine-tuning of the steepness parameter as the OPTICS Xi method. Combined with a framework that compares models with varying parameters, the OPTICS k-Xi method can identify groups in noisy datasets with unknown number of clusters. Results on summarized genetic data of 1,200 patients are in Charlon T. (2019) <doi:10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:161795>.

Thomas Charlon

opticskxi

OPTICS K-Xi Density-Based Clustering

get_best_kxi function

<dl><dt>df_kxi</dt>
<dd>Data frame returned by opticsxi_pipeline</dd>
<dt>metric</dt>
<dd>Metric to choose best model</dd>
<dt>rank</dt>
<dd>Rank(s) of model to choose, ordered by decreasing metric</dd></dl>

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Get best k-Xi model — get_best_kxi

<dl>

<dt>df_kxi</dt>
<dd>Data frame returned by opticsxi_pipeline</dd>


<dt>metric</dt>
<dd>Metric to choose best model</dd>


<dt>rank</dt>
<dd>Rank(s) of model to choose, ordered by decreasing metric</dd>

</dl>

get_best_kxi: Get best k-Xi model

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