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Clustering with Niching Genetic K-means Algorithm
Weiguo Sheng, Allan Tucker, and Xiaohui Liu
Department of Information System and Computing, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, London, UKweiguo.sheng@brunel.ac.uk
allan.tucker@brunel.ac.uk
xiaohui.liu@brunel.ac.uk
Abstract. GA-based clustering algorithms often employ either simple GA, steady state GA or their variants and fail to consistently and efficiently identify high quality solutions (best known optima) of given clustering problems, which involve large data sets with many local optima. To circumvent this problem, we propose Niching Genetic K-means Algorithm (NGKA) that is based on modified deterministic crowding and embeds the computationally attractive k-means. Our experiments show that NGKA can consistently and efficiently identify high quality solutions. Experiments use both simulated and real data with varying size and varying number of local optima. The significance of NGKA is also shown on the experimental data sets by comparing through simulations with Genetically Guided Algorithm (GGA) and Genetic K-means Algorithm (GKA).
LNCS 3103, p. 162 ff.
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