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[jira] [Created] (MAHOUT-1053) Use KMeans++ for cluster Initialization

Paritosh Ranjan created MAHOUT-1053:
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             Summary: Use KMeans++ for cluster Initialization
                 Key: MAHOUT-1053
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-1053
             Project: Mahout
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Clustering
            Reporter: Paritosh Ranjan
             Fix For: 0.8


Use KMeans++ for cluster intialization.

Ted has already implemented a similar version. http://github.com/tdunning/knn

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[jira] [Updated] (MAHOUT-1053) Use KMeans++ for cluster Initialization

Posted by "Paritosh Ranjan (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-1053?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Paritosh Ranjan updated MAHOUT-1053:
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    Issue Type: Improvement  (was: Bug)
    
> Use KMeans++ for cluster Initialization
> ---------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MAHOUT-1053
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-1053
>             Project: Mahout
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Clustering
>            Reporter: Paritosh Ranjan
>             Fix For: 0.8
>
>
> Use KMeans++ for cluster intialization.
> Ted has already implemented a similar version. http://github.com/tdunning/knn

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[jira] [Commented] (MAHOUT-1053) Use KMeans++ for cluster Initialization

Posted by "Ted Dunning (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-1053?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13432894#comment-13432894 ] 

Ted Dunning commented on MAHOUT-1053:
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I think that ball k-means and k-means++ are close enough as to be indistinguishable for practical purposes.  We don't need both.
                
> Use KMeans++ for cluster Initialization
> ---------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MAHOUT-1053
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-1053
>             Project: Mahout
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Clustering
>            Reporter: Paritosh Ranjan
>             Fix For: 0.8
>
>
> Use KMeans++ for cluster intialization.
> Ted has already implemented a similar version. http://github.com/tdunning/knn

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