DIANA

DIANA stands for DIvisive ANAlysis clustering. It is a hierarchical clustering technique that starts with one cluster and subsequently divides the clusters until each cluster is just a single element. At each step, we select the cluster with the most dissimilar elements. The most dissimilar element within that cluster is then used as a starting point in the creation of a new cluster, consequently splitting the original cluster into two. Divisive coefficient is a unit that measures the amount of clustering structures found.

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For more information on DIANA, please refer to the work of Kaufman and Rousseeuw (1990), Finding groups in data. Rousseeuw, Peter J., and L. Kaufman. "Finding groups in data." Hoboken: Wiley Online Library (1990).

In the next exercise, we will be covering the concepts of hierarchical clustering using DIANA.

Exercise 61: Implement Hierarchical Clustering Using DIANA

In this exercise, we will perform hierarchal clustering using DIANA. We will be using the...