Introduction to Clustering

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"(1) Possible partitions (clutsters) of data points
(2) Goodness of partitions (clusters)"
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03:29 📊 *Introduction to Clustering*
- Clustering is a paradigm in unsupervised learning where the goal is to partition data points into K clusters/groups, aiming to uncover underlying structures.
06:23 🎯 *Defining Performance Measure for Partitions*
- The performance measure involves computing the squared distance of each data point to the mean of its assigned cluster, emphasizing homogeneity within clusters.
09:59 🧮 *Objective: Minimizing Performance Measure*
- The objective is to minimize the sum of squared distances across all data points, achieving the best partition that optimizes the defined performance measure.
15:15 🚫 *Challenge: Exponential Possibilities*
- The naive algorithm to explore all possible partitions is impractical due to the exponential growth in the number of possibilities (K^n), making it an NP HARD problem.
16:43 ⚙️ *Heuristic Approach*
- Due to the impracticality of exact solutions, a heuristic algorithm will be introduced to address the clustering problem efficiently, considering the computational complexity.

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