stream (version 1.0-3)

DSC_Hierarchical: Hierarchical Micro-Cluster Reclusterer

Description

Implementation of hierarchical clustering to recluster a set of micro-clusters.

Usage

DSC_Hierarchical(k=NULL, h=NULL, method = "complete", min_weight=NULL, 
  description=NULL)

Arguments

k

The number of desired clusters.

h

Height where to cut the dendrogram.

method

the agglomeration method to be used. This should be (an unambiguous abbreviation of) one of "ward", "single", "complete", "average", "mcquitty", "median" or "centroid".

min_weight

micro-clusters with a weight less than this will be ignored for reclustering.

description

optional character string to describe the clustering method.

Value

• A list of class DSC, DSC_R, DSC_Macro, and DSC_Hierarchical. The list contains the following items:
• description
  The name of the algorithm in the DSC object.
• RObj
  The underlying R object.

Details

Please refer to hclust for more details on the behavior of the algorithm.

Note that this clustering cannot be updated iteratively and every time it is used for (re)clustering, the old clustering is deleted.

See Also

DSC, DSC_Macro

Examples

# Cassini dataset
dsd <- DSD_mlbenchGenerator("cassini")

# Use hierarchical clustering to recluster micro-clusters
dsc <- DSC_tNN(r=.1)
cluster(dsc, dsd, 500)

# reclustering using single-link and specifying k
hierarchical <- DSC_Hierarchical(k=3, method="single")
recluster(hierarchical, dsc)
hierarchical
plot(hierarchical, dsd, type="both")

# reclustering by specifying height
hierarchical <- DSC_Hierarchical(h=.2, method="single")
recluster(hierarchical, dsc)
hierarchical
plot(hierarchical, dsd, type="both")

# For comparison we use hierarchical clustering directly on the data 
# Note: hierarchical clustering is not a data stream clustering algorithm!
hierarchical <- DSC_Hierarchical(k=3, method="single")
cluster(hierarchical, dsd, 500)
plot(hierarchical, dsd)