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Re:Show HN: Want something better than k-means? Try BanditPAM by mnky9800n on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @04:27PM (#35363008)
Not to be flippant but isn't everything better then k means?
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Re:Show HN: Want something better than k-means? Try BanditPAM by motiwari on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @04:31PM (#35363078)
Sorry, I don't understand your argument. Could you clarify what you mean by "everything"? Is there another clustering algorithm you're thinking of?
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Re:Show HN: Want something better than k-means? Try BanditPAM by mnky9800n on Friday March 31, 2023 @06:07AM (#35384779)
i just mean that k-means is a rather simple algorithm for finding centroids. most algorithms that are more sophisticated might do better than k-means.
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Re:Show HN: Want something better than k-means? Try BanditPAM by motiwari on Monday April 03, 2023 @06:01PM (#35431917)
Sorry for the late response. And actually, despite the plethora of clustering algorithms, k-means is still a very commonly-used out-of-the-box technique! (Probably for its simplicity and existing popularity)
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