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Department of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego
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Probability and Statistics Colloquium
Bruno Pelletier
Univ. Montpellier II
Clustering with level sets
Abstract:
The objective of clustering, or unsupervised classification, is to partition a set of observations into different groups, or clusters, based on their similarities. Following Hartigan, a cluster is defined as a connected component of an upper level set of the underlying density. In this talk, we introduce a spectral clustering algorithm on estimated level sets, and we establish its strong consistency. We also discuss the estimation of the number of connected components of density level sets.
Host: Dimitris Politis
March 3, 2009
12:00 PM
AP&M 6402
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