Distributed clustering with outlier detection
US10042912B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 25, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9027
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One or more processors initiate cluster feature (CF)-tree based hierarchical clustering on leaf entries of CF-trees included in a plurality of subsets. One or more processors, generate respective partial clustering solutions for the subsets. A partial clustering solution includes a set of regular sub-clusters and candidate outlier sub-clusters. One or more processors generate initial regular clusters by performing hierarchical clustering using the regular sub-clusters. For a candidate outlier sub-cluster, one or more processors determine a closest initial regular cluster, and a distance separating the candidate outlier sub-cluster and the closest initial regular cluster. One or more processors determine which candidate outlier sub-clusters are outlier clusters based on which candidate outlier sub-clusters have a computed distance to their respective closest initial regular cluster that is greater than a corresponding distance threshold associated with their respective closest initial regular cluster.
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