James-Stein shrinkage to improve \(k\)-means cluster analysis

DOI10.1016/j.csda.2010.03.018zbMath1284.62374MaRDI QIDQ2445666

Jinxin Gao, David B. Hitchcock

Publication date: 14 April 2014

Published in: Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2010.03.018

zbMATH Keywords

effective dimension; \(k\)-means clustering; centroids; Stein estimation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62H30: Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects)

Related Items

Improving K-means method via shrinkage estimation and LVQ algorithm, Shrinkage estimation for the mean of the inverse Gaussian population, Approximate repeated-measures shrinkage, A Note on the Comparison of the Stein Estimator and the James-Stein Estimator

Uses Software

• R
• SAS
• AS 136

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