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A new validity measure for fuzzy c-means clustering

Artificial Intelligence 2024-07-10 v1

Abstract

A new cluster validity index is proposed for fuzzy clusters obtained from fuzzy c-means algorithm. The proposed validity index exploits inter-cluster proximity between fuzzy clusters. Inter-cluster proximity is used to measure the degree of overlap between clusters. A low proximity value refers to well-partitioned clusters. The best fuzzy c-partition is obtained by minimizing inter-cluster proximity with respect to c. Well-known data sets are tested to show the effectiveness and reliability of the proposed index.

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@article{arxiv.2407.06774,
  title  = {A new validity measure for fuzzy c-means clustering},
  author = {Dae-Won Kim and Kwang H. Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.06774},
  year   = {2024}
}

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Accepted at FIP-2002