A Survey on Interpretable Clustering

Haoyu Yang, Lianmeng Jiao, Quan Pan

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Abstract

Clustering is the process of dividing a collection of physical or abstract objects into several classes composed of similar objects. Now there are many clustering algorithms with superior performance, but the clusters generated by them are difficult for human to understand. Thus, some interpretable clustering methods are proposed, which make the clustering results have good interpretability without much impact on the clustering accuracy. This paper reviews the interpretable clustering algorithms, introduces and summarizes the previous work in this field according to the different interpretative ways, including rules, rectangular bounds and decision trees, and explores the development of interpretable clustering algorithms in the future.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 40th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2021
EditorsChen Peng, Jian Sun
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages7384-7388
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9789881563804
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Jul 2021
Event40th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2021 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 26 Jul 202128 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameChinese Control Conference, CCC
Volume2021-July
ISSN (Print)1934-1768
ISSN (Electronic)2161-2927

Conference

Conference40th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period26/07/2128/07/21

Keywords

  • Decision trees
  • Interpretable clustering
  • Rectangular bounds
  • Rules

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