arXiv:2606. 31253v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The classical $k$-means clustering, based on distances computed from all data features, cannot be directly applied to incomplete data with missing values.
By Xin Guan
arXiv:2609.06394v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Massive datasets in modern machine learning have made data reduction a central challenge, particularly for clustering tasks where memory and computat...
By Diptarka Chakraborty, Satyaki Mukherjee, Gaurav Vallabhdas Revankar, Hoang-Son Tran
arXiv:2609.36762v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Federated clustering methods that do not require the global number of clusters $K$ still assume that each client knows its local number $K_g$. This ass...
By Mitushi Goyal, Tarun S., Riddhanya Senapathi, Arun Raman
arXiv:2607. 26202v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The $k$-means++ algorithm is a standard and widely used seeding method for $k$-means clustering, but for a fixed number $k$ of centers its worst-case expected approximation ratio is $\Theta(\log k)$.
By Vaclav Rozhon
arXiv:2607. 04949v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study the problem of k-means clustering on large datasets.
By Cristian Boldrin, Fabio Vandin
arXiv:2603. 16798v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We study mean estimation for a Gaussian distribution with identity covariance in $\mathbb{R}^d$ under a missing data scheme termed realizable $\epsilon$-contamination model.
By Ilias Diakonikolas, Daniel M. Kane, Thanasis Pittas
The paper formalizes a geometric tradeoff between ambient separation and sampling gaps to determine when distinct manifold components can be reliably separated in clustering. It introduces a threshold phenomenon for mutual‑k‑nearest‑neighbor graphs, defining an uncertainty zone where the number of clusters cannot be identified. The authors propose Manifold‑Based Clustering (MBC), which outputs a bracket interval quantifying this uncertainty rather than forcing a single cluster count.
By Savik Kinger, Luciano Dyballa, Steven W. Zucker
The paper proposes an ensemble method for clusterwise regression that uses exact solutions on many small random subsamples. Each subsample is solved to global optimality, extended to the full data via nearest-surface assignment, and the resulting partitions are combined by voting or selection. The method achieves high accuracy even with up to 20% gross outliers and can estimate the trimming level without prior knowledge, outperforming traditional trimmed alternation in worst‑case scenarios.
By Samir Orujov
arXiv:2411. 01576v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The explainable clustering problem was first posed by Moshkovitz et al.
By Maximilian Fleissner, Maedeh Zarvandi, Debarghya Ghoshdastidar
arXiv:2609.06468v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: K-Means is one of the most widely used clustering algorithms, but its susceptibility to initial centroid selection remains a primary bottleneck for its...
By Abhiyan Dhakal (Kathmandu University), Pranish Kafle (Kathmandu University), Rajani Chulyadyo (Kathmandu University)
arXiv:2411. 12438v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We develop a new approach for clustering non-spherical (i.
By Prashanti Anderson, Mitali Bafna, Rares-Darius Buhai, Pravesh K. Kothari, David Steurer
arXiv:2511. 17823v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Clustering algorithms have long been the topic of research, representing the more popular side of unsupervised learning.
By Naitik Gada (Rochester Institute of Technology)