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In structural engineering, the Structural Identification using Expectation Maximization (STRIDE) [26] algorithm is an output-only method for identifying natural vibration properties of a structural system using sensor data (see Operational Modal Analysis). EM is also used for data clustering.
The average silhouette of the data is another useful criterion for assessing the natural number of clusters. The silhouette of a data instance is a measure of how closely it is matched to data within its cluster and how loosely it is matched to data of the neighboring cluster, i.e., the cluster whose average distance from the datum is lowest. [8]
The EM algorithm consists of two steps: the E-step and the M-step. Firstly, the model parameters and the () can be randomly initialized. In the E-step, the algorithm tries to guess the value of () based on the parameters, while in the M-step, the algorithm updates the value of the model parameters based on the guess of () of the E-step.
One prominent method is known as Gaussian mixture models (using the expectation-maximization algorithm). Here, the data set is usually modeled with a fixed (to avoid overfitting) number of Gaussian distributions that are initialized randomly and
Divisive Clustering: Top-down approach. Large clusters are split into smaller clusters. [3] Density-based Clustering: A structure is determined by the density of data points. [4] DBSCAN; Distribution-based Clustering: Clusters are formed based on mathematical methods from data. [1] Expectation-maximization algorithm; Collocation; Stemming Algorithm
Model-based clustering was first invented in 1950 by Paul Lazarsfeld for clustering multivariate discrete data, in the form of the latent class model. [ 41 ] In 1959, Lazarsfeld gave a lecture on latent structure analysis at the University of California-Berkeley, where John H. Wolfe was an M.A. student.
The slow "standard algorithm" for k-means clustering, and its associated expectation–maximization algorithm, is a special case of a Gaussian mixture model, specifically, the limiting case when fixing all covariances to be diagonal, equal and have infinitesimal small variance.
BIRCH (balanced iterative reducing and clustering using hierarchies) is an algorithm used to perform connectivity-based clustering for large data-sets. [7] It is regarded as one of the fastest clustering algorithms, but it is limited because it requires the number of clusters as an input.