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Faster and Simpler Greedy Algorithm for $k$-Median and $k$-Means

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arXiv:2407. 11217v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Clustering problems such as $k$-means and $k$-median are staples of unsupervised learning, and many algorithmic techniques have been developed to tackle their numerous aspects.

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arXiv AI
Sep 10

Parameterized and Streaming Algorithms for Euclidean Fair $k$-Center Clustering

The paper presents new algorithms for fair k‑center clustering in Euclidean spaces, where a dataset is divided into groups and each group has a limit on the number of centers that can be chosen. A parameterized approximation algorithm achieves a 2.732 ratio, which is improved to 2.414 with exponential time in k. By integrating this into a one‑pass streaming framework, the authors obtain streaming approximations of 4.464 (improvable to 3.828) and a polynomial‑time streaming algorithm with a 4.732 ratio, further reduced to 4.42, surpassing previous state‑of‑the‑art results. Experiments confirm that these methods outperform existing approaches in clustering accuracy.

By Zeyu Lin, Chaoqi Jia, Longkun Guo, Chao Chen
arXiv Machine Learning
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A Sub-4 Approximation for Fair $k$-Means

arXiv:2609.07974v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Fairness in clustering has attracted sustained research interest, motivated by the need to ensure equitable representation of protected groups in mac...

By Kangke Cheng, Guanlin Mo, Shihong Song, Hu Ding
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 30

Randomizing the Number of Centers in k-means++

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 Machine Learning
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A Fast and Effective Method for Euclidean Anticlustering: The Assignment-Based-Anticlustering Algorithm

arXiv:2601. 06351v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Anticlustering is an NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem that consists of partitioning a set of objects into equal-sized groups called anticlusters such that the objects in the same anticluster are as dissimilar as possible and thereby representative of the entire set of objects.

By Philipp Baumann, Olivier Goldschmidt, Dorit S. Hochbaum, Jason Yang