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ALGORITHME NUEES DYNAMIQUES [1 record]

Record 1 2024-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
CONT

[The] k-means algorithm identifies k number of centroids, and then allocates every data point to the nearest cluster, while keeping the centroids as small as possible.

OBS

The "means" in the k-means refers to averaging of the data; that is, finding the centroid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
CONT

L'algorithme des k-moyennes [...] est un algorithme couramment utilisé en analyse de données. Il permet de partitionner une collection d'objets en K classes, K étant un nombre fixé par l'utilisateur.

Spanish

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