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Re:Introduction to K-Means Clustering by sideproject on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:03PM (#30677480)
Simplicity wins in many cases and it is with K-Means clustering. There are so many clustering algorithms, far superior to K-Means, but its simplicity and easy-to-apply approach to most of the datasets available allow pretty much anyone with programming skills to understand and implement quickly to get results and gives you that feeling of "oh, hey, that's my first data science thingy". Simplicity is very powerful.
Re:Introduction to K-Means Clustering by eternityforest on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @04:42PM (#30691377)
I suppose in an academic setting where the goal is understanding that makes sense, but all the other algorithms are just as easy and in fact probably have the same API, if you aren't DIYing it.