Modal Clustering for Categorical Data
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| author | Corsini, Noemi Menardi, Giovanna |
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| contents | Despite the inherent lack of a ground truth in clustering, a broad consensus is overall acknowledged in defining the concept of cluster in the continuous setting. Conversely, this remains controversial in the presence of categorical data. We propose a novel notion of cluster based on the dual concepts of high frequency and variable association. We show how the concept of high frequency aligns with the cluster notion provided by modal clustering in the continuous setting, which allows us to borrow and adapt existing operational tools to develop a novel procedure. The method is illustrated on some real data and tested via simulations. |
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| spellingShingle | Modal Clustering for Categorical Data Corsini, Noemi Menardi, Giovanna Methodology Despite the inherent lack of a ground truth in clustering, a broad consensus is overall acknowledged in defining the concept of cluster in the continuous setting. Conversely, this remains controversial in the presence of categorical data. We propose a novel notion of cluster based on the dual concepts of high frequency and variable association. We show how the concept of high frequency aligns with the cluster notion provided by modal clustering in the continuous setting, which allows us to borrow and adapt existing operational tools to develop a novel procedure. The method is illustrated on some real data and tested via simulations. |
| title | Modal Clustering for Categorical Data |
| topic | Methodology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15414 |