Simple and Scalable Constrained Clustering: A Generalized Spectral Method

Mihai Cucuringu, Ioannis Koutis, Sanjay Chawla, Gary Miller, Richard Peng

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Abstract

We present a simple spectral approach to the well-studied constrained clustering problem. It captures constrained clustering as a generalized eigenvalue problem in which both matrices are graph Laplacians. The algorithm works in nearly-linear time and provides concrete guarantees for the quality of the clusters, at least for the case of 2-way partitioning. In practice this translates to a very fast implementation that consistently outperforms existing spectral approaches both in speed and quality.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationArtificial Intelligence And Statistics, Vol 51
EditorsA Gretton, CC Robert
PublisherMicrotome Publishing
Pages445-454
Number of pages10
Volume51
ISBN (Electronic)*****************
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event19th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS) - Cadiz, Spain
Duration: 9 May 201611 May 2016

Publication series

NameJmlr Workshop And Conference Proceedings

Conference

Conference19th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS)
Country/TerritorySpain
CityCadiz
Period9/05/1611/05/16

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