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3rd International Conference on Quantitative Sciences and Its Applications ICOQSIA2014

 

An Incremental Clustering Algorithm Based on

Mahalanobis Distance

Lim Eng Aik a, and Tan Wee Choon b

a Institut Matematik Kejuruteraan, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, !" Ulu Pau#, Perlis, Malaysia$

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Abstract. Classical f!!" c#means cls$e%ing algo%i$hm is insfficien$ $o cls$e% non#s&he%ical o% 

elli&$ical dis$%ib$ed da$ase$s' The &a&e% %e&laces classical f!!" c#means cls$e%ing eclidean

dis$ance (i$h )ahalanobis dis$ance' I$ a&&lies )ahalanobis dis$ance $o inc%emen$al lea%ning fo% 

i$s me%i$s' A )ahalanobis dis$ance based f!!" inc%emen$al cls$e%ing lea%ning algo%i$hm is

 &%o&osed' E*&e%imen$al %esl$s sho( $he algo%i$hm is an effec$i+e %emed" fo% $he defec$ in f!!"

c#means algo%i$hm b$ also inc%ease $%aining acc%ac"'

Keywords: f!!" c#means, )ahalanobis dis$ance, inc%emen$al lea%ning'

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