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Graph Theory Clustering

dataset $ \{x_1, x_2, \dots , x_d\} $ no feature vector given.

given $ dist(x_i , x_j) $

Construct a graph:

  • node represents the objects.
  • edges are relations between objects.
  • edge weights represents distances.


Definitions:

  • A complete graph is a graph with $ d(d-1)/2 $ edges.
  • A subgraph $ G' $ of a graph $ G=(V,E,f) $ is a graph $ (V',E',f') $ such that $ V'\subset V $ $ E'\subset E $ $ f'\subset f $ restricted to $ E' $
  • A path in a graph between $ V_i,V_k \subset V_k $ is an alternating sequence of vertices and edges containing no repeated edges and no repeated vertices and for which $ e_i $ is incident to $ V_i $ and $ V_{i+1} $, for each $ i=1,2,\dots,k-1 $. ($ V_1 e_1 V_2 e_2 V_3 \dots V_{k-1} e_{k-1} V_k $)
  • A graph is "connected" if a path exists between any two vertices in the graph
  • A component is a maximal connected graph. (i.e. includes as many nodes as possible)
  • A maximal complete subgraph of a graph $ G $ is a complete subgraph of $ G $ that is not a proper subgraph of any other complete subgraph of $ G $.
  • A cycle is a path of non-trivial length $ k $ that comes back to the node where it started
  • A tree is a connected graph with no cycles. The weight of a tree is the sum of all edge weights in the tree.
  • A spanning tree is a tree containing all vertices of a graph.
  • A minimum spanning tree (MST) of a graph G is tree having minimal weight among all spanning trees of $ G $.



Graphical Clustering Methods

  • "Similarity Graph Methods"

Choose distance threshold $ t_0 $

If $ dis(X_i,X_j)<t_0 $ draw an ege between $ X_i $ and $ X_j $


Example) $ t_0= 1.3 $

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Can define clusters s the connected component of the similarity graph

=> Same result as "Single linkage algorithms"

$ X_i \sim X_j $ if there is chain

$ X_i \sim X_{i_1} \sim X_{i_2} \sim \cdots X_{i_k} \sim X_{j} $ complete

Can also define clusters as the maximal subgraphs of similarity graph

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=> More compact, less enlagated clusters

Not good for, say,

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