Related papers: Cluster vs Single-Spin Algorithms -- Which are Mor…
Clustering multidimensional points is a fundamental data mining task, with applications in many fields, such as astronomy, neuroscience, bioinformatics, and computer vision. The goal of clustering algorithms is to group similar objects…
In this paper we lay special stress on analyzing the topological properties of the lattice systems and try to ovoid the conventional ways to calculate the critical points. Only those clusters with finite sizes can execute the self similar…
Cloud computing is an established technology allowing users to share resources on a large scale, never before seen in IT history. A cloud system connects multiple individual servers in order to process related tasks in several environments…
We propose Cluster Pruning (CUP) for compressing and accelerating deep neural networks. Our approach prunes similar filters by clustering them based on features derived from both the incoming and outgoing weight connections. With CUP, we…
We present a progress report on the Cluster Processor, a special-purpose computer system for the Wolff simulation of the three-dimensional Ising model, including an analysis of simulation results obtained thus far. These results allow,…
We describe the DISC (Different Individuals, Same Clusters) design, a sampling scheme that can improve the precision of difference-in-differences (DID) estimators in settings involving repeated sampling of a population at multiple time…
This paper tries to present a more unified view of clustering, by identifying the relationships between five different clustering algorithms. Some of the results are not new, but they are presented in a cleaner, simpler and more concise…
The clustering of a data set is one of the core tasks in data analytics. Many clustering algorithms exhibit a strong contrast between a favorable performance in practice and bad theoretical worst-cases. Prime examples are least-squares…
We present an optimized version of a cluster labeling algorithm previously introduced by the authors. This algorithm is well suited for large-scale Monte Carlo simulations of spin models using cluster dynamics on parallel computers with…
Consensus clustering (or clustering aggregation) inputs $k$ partitions of a given ground set $V$, and seeks to create a single partition that minimizes disagreement with all input partitions. State-of-the-art algorithms for consensus…
Cross-validation plays a fundamental role in Machine Learning, enabling robust evaluation of model performance and preventing overestimation on training and validation data. However, one of its drawbacks is the potential to create data…
In this paper, we present a parallel algorithm for Monte Carlo simulation of the 2D Ising Model to perform efficiently on a cluster computer using MPI. We use C++ programming language to implement the algorithm. In our algorithm, every…
Selecting an appropriate clustering method as well as an optimal number of clusters in road accident data is at times confusing and difficult. This paper analyzes shortcomings of different existing techniques applied to cluster…
We introduce a simple, intuitive and yet powerful algorithm for clustering analysis. This algorithm is an iterative process on the sample space, which arises as an extension of the iteratively generated correlation matrices. It allows for…
The clustering problem has many applications in Machine Learning, Operations Research, and Statistics. We propose three algorithms to create starting solutions for improvement algorithms for this problem. We test the algorithms on 72…
Clustering has many important applications in computer science, but real-world datasets often contain outliers. Moreover, the presence of outliers can make the clustering problems to be much more challenging. To reduce the complexities,…
In this paper, we explore statistical versus computational trade-off to address a basic question in the application of a distributed algorithm: what is the minimal computational cost in obtaining statistical optimality? In smoothing spline…
The independence clustering problem is considered in the following formulation: given a set $S$ of random variables, it is required to find the finest partitioning $\{U_1,\dots,U_k\}$ of $S$ into clusters such that the clusters…
Subspace clustering (SC) is a promising clustering technology to identify clusters based on their associations with subspaces in high dimensional spaces. SC can be classified into hard subspace clustering (HSC) and soft subspace clustering…
A good object clustering is critical to the performance of object-oriented databases. However, it always involves some kind of overhead for the system. The aim of this paper is to propose a modelling methodology in order to evaluate the…