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Experiment No.
5
AIM: To implement the Clustering algorithms(k-means, Agglomerative and
DBSCAN) using RapidMiner tool.
Theory:
Introduction to Clustering:
RapidMiner is a powerful and user-friendly data science platform that
facilitates various data mining tasks, including data preprocessing, modeling,
evaluation, and deployment. It offers a wide range of built-in machine learning
algorithms and tools for predictive analytics, making it suitable for both
beginners and advanced users in the field of data science.
K-means Clustering:
K-means clustering is one of the most popular unsupervised machine learning

algorithms used for partitioning a dataset into a predefined number of clusters.
It aims to group similar data points together while keeping them as far apart as
possible from other clusters. The algorithm works as follows:
Initialization: Choose K initial cluster centroids randomly from the dataset.
Assignment: Assign each data point to the nearest centroid, forming K clusters.
Update Centroids: Recalculate the centroids of the clusters based on the mean
of the data points assigned to each cluster.
Repeat: Repeat the assignment and centroid update steps until convergence,
i.e., when the centroids no longer change significantly or a maximum number of
iterations is reached.
K-means minimizes the within-cluster sum of squared distances from the
centroids to the data points. It is sensitive to the initial choice of centroids and
may converge to a local optimum.
Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering:
Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering is a bottom-up approach to clustering

that starts by considering each data point as a separate cluster and then
iteratively merges the closest pairs of clusters until only one cluster remains.
The algorithm proceeds as follows:
Initialization: Start with each data point as a singleton cluster.
Merge: Iteratively merge the two closest clusters based on a chosen distance
metric (e.g., Euclidean distance).
Update Distance Matrix: Recalculate the distance matrix between clusters

based on the chosen linkage criterion (e.g., single linkage, complete linkage,
average linkage).
Repeat: Repeat the merge and distance matrix update steps until the desired
number of clusters is reached or a stopping criterion is met.
Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering produces a dendrogram, which visually

represents the merging process and can be cut at different levels to obtain
different numbers of clusters.
DBSCAN (Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise):

DBSCAN is a density-based clustering algorithm that groups together closely
packed data points based on their density. It does not require the user to
specify the number of clusters beforehand and is capable of discovering
clusters of arbitrary shapes. The key concepts of DBSCAN are:
Core Points: A data point is considered a core point if it has at least a minimum
number of neighboring points within a specified radius.
Border Points: A data point is considered a border point if it is within the radius
of a core point but does not have enough neighbors to be a core point itself.
Noise Points: Data points that are neither core points nor border points are
considered noise points.
Cluster Formation: DBSCAN starts with an arbitrary core point and expands the
cluster by recursively adding core and border points reachable from that point.
Parameter Selection: The algorithm requires two parameters - epsilon (ε), which
defines the radius of the neighborhood around each point, and minPoints, which
specifies the minimum number of points within ε to consider a point a core
point.
DBSCAN is robust to noise and can handle clusters of varying shapes and
densities. However, it may struggle with clusters of significantly different
densities or datasets with varying density levels.
Implementing these clustering algorithms using RapidMiner allows for practical

experimentation and analysis of their performance on different datasets, aiding
in the understanding of their strengths, weaknesses, and applications in various
domains.
Observations:
2. Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering
3.DBSCAN
CONCLUSION: In this experiment, we have successfully implemented various
clustering algorithm like k-means, dbscan,agglomerative clustering and visualized
results int the outputs successfully.

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Experiment No.

K-means clustering is one of the most popular unsupervised machine learning

Initialization: Choose K initial cluster centroids randomly from the dataset.

Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering:

Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering is a bottom-up approach to clustering

Initialization: Start with each data point as a singleton cluster.

Update Distance Matrix: Recalculate the distance matrix between clusters

Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering produces a dendrogram, which visually

DBSCAN (Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise):

Implementing these clustering algorithms using RapidMiner allows for practical

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