What algorithm is used in the K-Means Clustering tool in Spotfire (Not TERR)?

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October 08, 2021 23:20

Date Posted: 2019-04-04
Product: TIBCO Spotfire®

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What algorithm is used in the K-Means Clustering tool in Spotfire (Not TERR)?

The algorithm used in Spotfire's K-Means Clustering tool is called Algorithm AS 136 by Hartigan and Wong (1979). It computes K-means (centroid) Euclidean metric clusters for an input matrix starting with initial estimates of the K cluster means. It allows for missing values and for weights and frequencies. See Hartigan and Wong (1979) or Hartigan (1975) for details.

Hartigan, J. A. (1975). Clustering Algorithms. New York: Wiley.

Hartigan, J. A. and Wong, M. A. (1979). A k-means clustering algorithm. Applied Statistics 28, 100-108.