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Methods for Clustering Mixed-Type Data

v0.1.2 · Mar 13, 2020 · GPL-3 | file LICENSE

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Implements methods for clustering mixed-type data, specifically combinations of continuous and nominal data. Special attention is paid to the often-overlooked problem of equitably balancing the contribution of the continuous and categorical variables. This package implements KAMILA clustering, a novel method for clustering mixed-type data in the spirit of k-means clustering. It does not require dummy coding of variables, and is efficient enough to scale to rather large data sets. Also implemented is Modha-Spangler clustering, which uses a brute-force strategy to maximize the cluster separation simultaneously in the continuous and categorical variables. For more information, see Foss, Markatou, Ray, & Heching (2016) <doi:10.1007/s10994-016-5575-7> and Foss & Markatou (2018) <doi:10.18637/jss.v083.i13>.

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new 0.1.2 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.1.2 ← 0.1.1.3 diff Mar 12, 2020
updated 0.1.1.3 ← 0.1.1.2 diff Mar 15, 2019
updated 0.1.1.2 ← 0.1.1.1 diff Feb 17, 2018
new 0.1.1.1 Aug 18, 2016