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ISBN 10: 3540219828
ISBN 13: 978-3540219828
Author: Erik A. Engbers, Michael Lindenbaum, Arnold W. M. Smeulders
We propose a method for measuring the quality of a grouping result, based on the following observation: a better grouping result provides more information about the true, unknown grouping. The amount of information is evaluated using an automatic procedure, relying on the given hypothesized grouping, which generates (homogeneity) queries about the true grouping and answers them using an oracle. The process terminates once the queries suffice to specify the true grouping. The number of queries is a measure of the hypothesis non-informativeness. A relation between the query count and the (probabilistically characterized) uncertainty of the true grouping, is established and experimentally supported. The proposed information-based quality measure is free from arbitrary choices, uniformly treats different types of grouping errors, and does not favor any algorithm. We also found that it approximates human judgment better than other methods and gives better results when used to optimize a segmentation algorithm.
An Information-Based Measure for Grouping Quality 1st Table of contents:
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Introduction
- 1.1 Background and Motivation
- 1.2 Grouping and Clustering in Data Analysis
- 1.3 Need for Quantitative Grouping Quality Measures
- 1.4 Information Theory in Grouping and Clustering
- 1.5 Objectives and Contributions of the Paper
- 1.6 Organization of the Paper
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Related Work
- 2.1 Overview of Grouping and Clustering Metrics
- 2.2 Information-Theoretic Approaches in Clustering Evaluation
- 2.3 Existing Measures for Grouping Quality
- 2.4 Comparison of Information-Based Metrics with Other Approaches
- 2.5 Limitations of Current Methods and Gaps in the Literature
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Preliminaries and Background
- 3.1 Basic Concepts in Information Theory
- 3.2 Entropy and Mutual Information
- 3.3 Grouping and Partitioning of Data
- 3.4 Common Grouping Quality Measures (e.g., purity, compactness)
- 3.5 The Role of Uncertainty in Grouping Quality
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Information-Based Measure for Grouping Quality
- 4.1 Conceptual Framework of the Information-Based Measure
- 4.2 Definition of the Proposed Quality Measure
- 4.3 Relation to Entropy, Information Gain, and Mutual Information
- 4.4 Incorporating Data Structure and Distribution into the Measure
- 4.5 Properties of the Measure: Consistency, Sensitivity, and Interpretability
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Algorithmic Implementation
- 5.1 Overview of the Algorithm for Computing the Measure
- 5.2 Steps for Evaluating Grouping Quality in Practice
- 5.3 Computational Complexity and Scalability Considerations
- 5.4 Handling Different Types of Data (e.g., categorical, continuous)
- 5.5 Extensions to Multidimensional Data and Multi-Label Grouping
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Experimental Setup and Evaluation
- 6.1 Datasets for Grouping and Clustering Tasks
- 6.2 Benchmarking Against Standard Clustering Evaluation Methods
- 6.3 Evaluation Metrics: Comparing Grouping Consistency, Compactness, and Separation
- 6.4 Cross-validation and Experimental Protocols
- 6.5 Testing the Robustness of the Measure in Noisy or Unbalanced Data
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Results and Discussion
- 7.1 Visual and Quantitative Results of Grouping Quality Assessment
- 7.2 Performance Comparison with Other Grouping Quality Metrics
- 7.3 Analysis of the Measure’s Sensitivity to Grouping Structure
- 7.4 Effects of Varying Data Complexity on Grouping Quality
- 7.5 Discussion on Practical Implications and Insights
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Applications of the Information-Based Measure
- 8.1 Clustering in Machine Learning and Data Mining
- 8.2 Grouping for Image Segmentation and Object Recognition
- 8.3 Analysis of Social Networks and Community Detection
- 8.4 Topic Modeling and Text Clustering
- 8.5 Applications in Bioinformatics and Genomic Data Analysis
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Challenges and Future Directions
- 9.1 Generalizing the Measure to Complex and Heterogeneous Data
- 9.2 Incorporating Temporal and Sequential Aspects in Grouping
- 9.3 Handling Large-Scale Data and Scalability Challenges
- 9.4 Extensions to Overlapping or Fuzzy Clusters
- 9.5 Open Problems and Future Research in Grouping Evaluation
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Conclusion
- 10.1 Summary of Contributions and Findings
- 10.2 Impact of the Information-Based Measure on Grouping Evaluation
- 10.3 Limitations and Potential Improvements
- 10.4 Future Work and Open Research Questions
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