Class FuzzyKMeansClusterer<T extends Clusterable>

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.math3.ml.clustering.Clusterer<T>

org.apache.commons.math3.ml.clustering.FuzzyKMeansClusterer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - type of the points to cluster

public class FuzzyKMeansClusterer<T extends Clusterable>
extends Clusterer<T>

Fuzzy K-Means clustering algorithm.

The Fuzzy K-Means algorithm is a variation of the classical K-Means algorithm, with the major difference that a single data point is not uniquely assigned to a single cluster. Instead, each point i has a set of weights u_ij which indicate the degree of membership to the cluster j.

The algorithm then tries to minimize the objective function:

J = ∑i=1..C∑k=1..N uikmdik2

with d_ik being the distance between data point i and the cluster center k.

The algorithm requires two parameters:

• k: the number of clusters
• fuzziness: determines the level of cluster fuzziness, larger values lead to fuzzier clusters

Additional, optional parameters:

• maxIterations: the maximum number of iterations
• epsilon: the convergence criteria, default is 1e-3

The fuzzy variant of the K-Means algorithm is more robust with regard to the selection of the initial cluster centers.

Since:

3.3

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FuzzyKMeansClusterer(int k, double fuzziness)	Creates a new instance of a FuzzyKMeansClusterer.
FuzzyKMeansClusterer(int k, double fuzziness, int maxIterations, DistanceMeasure measure)	Creates a new instance of a FuzzyKMeansClusterer.
FuzzyKMeansClusterer(int k, double fuzziness, int maxIterations, DistanceMeasure measure, double epsilon, RandomGenerator random)	Creates a new instance of a FuzzyKMeansClusterer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<CentroidCluster<T>>	cluster(Collection<T> dataPoints)	Performs Fuzzy K-Means cluster analysis.
List<CentroidCluster<T>>	getClusters()	Returns the list of clusters resulting from the last call to cluster(Collection).
List<T>	getDataPoints()	Returns an unmodifiable list of the data points used in the last call to cluster(Collection).
double	getEpsilon()	Returns the convergence criteria used by this instance.
double	getFuzziness()	Returns the fuzziness factor used by this instance.
int	getK()	Return the number of clusters this instance will use.
int	getMaxIterations()	Returns the maximum number of iterations this instance will use.
RealMatrix	getMembershipMatrix()	Returns the nxk membership matrix, where n is the number of data points and k the number of clusters.
double	getObjectiveFunctionValue()	Get the value of the objective function.
RandomGenerator	getRandomGenerator()	Returns the random generator this instance will use.

Methods inherited from class Clusterer

distance, getDistanceMeasure

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

FuzzyKMeansClusterer

public FuzzyKMeansClusterer(int k,
 double fuzziness)
                     throws NumberIsTooSmallException

Creates a new instance of a FuzzyKMeansClusterer.

The euclidean distance will be used as default distance measure.

Parameters:

k - the number of clusters to split the data into

fuzziness - the fuzziness factor, must be > 1.0

Throws:

NumberIsTooSmallException - if fuzziness <= 1.0

FuzzyKMeansClusterer

public FuzzyKMeansClusterer(int k,
 double fuzziness,
 int maxIterations,
 DistanceMeasure measure)
                     throws NumberIsTooSmallException

Creates a new instance of a FuzzyKMeansClusterer.

Parameters:

k - the number of clusters to split the data into

fuzziness - the fuzziness factor, must be > 1.0

maxIterations - the maximum number of iterations to run the algorithm for. If negative, no maximum will be used.

measure - the distance measure to use

Throws:

NumberIsTooSmallException - if fuzziness <= 1.0

FuzzyKMeansClusterer

public FuzzyKMeansClusterer(int k,
 double fuzziness,
 int maxIterations,
 DistanceMeasure measure,
 double epsilon,
 RandomGenerator random)
                     throws NumberIsTooSmallException

Creates a new instance of a FuzzyKMeansClusterer.

Parameters:

k - the number of clusters to split the data into

fuzziness - the fuzziness factor, must be > 1.0

maxIterations - the maximum number of iterations to run the algorithm for. If negative, no maximum will be used.

measure - the distance measure to use

epsilon - the convergence criteria (default is 1e-3)

random - random generator to use for choosing initial centers

Throws:

NumberIsTooSmallException - if fuzziness <= 1.0

Method Details

getK

public int getK()

Return the number of clusters this instance will use.

Returns:

the number of clusters

getFuzziness

public double getFuzziness()

Returns the fuzziness factor used by this instance.

Returns:

the fuzziness factor

getMaxIterations

public int getMaxIterations()

Returns the maximum number of iterations this instance will use.

Returns:

the maximum number of iterations, or -1 if no maximum is set

getEpsilon

public double getEpsilon()

Returns the convergence criteria used by this instance.

Returns:

the convergence criteria

getRandomGenerator

public RandomGenerator getRandomGenerator()

Returns the random generator this instance will use.

Returns:

the random generator

getMembershipMatrix

public RealMatrix getMembershipMatrix()

Returns the nxk membership matrix, where n is the number of data points and k the number of clusters.

The element U_i,j represents the membership value for data point i to cluster j.

Returns:

the membership matrix

Throws:

MathIllegalStateException - if cluster(Collection) has not been called before

getDataPoints

public List<T> getDataPoints()

Returns an unmodifiable list of the data points used in the last call to cluster(Collection).

Returns:

the list of data points, or null if cluster(Collection) has not been called before.

getClusters

public List<CentroidCluster<T>> getClusters()

Returns the list of clusters resulting from the last call to cluster(Collection).

Returns:

the list of clusters, or null if cluster(Collection) has not been called before.

getObjectiveFunctionValue

public double getObjectiveFunctionValue()

Get the value of the objective function.

Returns:

the objective function evaluation as double value

Throws:

MathIllegalStateException - if cluster(Collection) has not been called before

cluster

public List<CentroidCluster<T>> cluster(Collection<T> dataPoints)
                                 throws MathIllegalArgumentException

Performs Fuzzy K-Means cluster analysis.

Specified by:

cluster in class Clusterer<T extends Clusterable>

Parameters:

dataPoints - the points to cluster

Returns:

the list of clusters

Throws:

MathIllegalArgumentException - if the data points are null or the number of clusters is larger than the number of data points