NbClust Package. An examination of indices for determining the number of clusters

Malika Charrad (1, 2) , Nadia Ghazzali (2) , Véronique Boiteau (2) , Azam Niknafs (2)

1 CEDRIC - Centre d'études et de recherche en informatique et communications
2 ULaval - Université Laval [Québec]

NbClust R package provides most of the popular indices for cluster validation ready to use for the outputs produced by functions coming from the same package. It also proposes to user the best clustering scheme from the different results obtained by varying all combinations of number of clusters,distance measures, and clustering methods.

Mots clés: R package; Validity indices; Clustering; Number of clusters

Mots clés: Progiciel R; Mise en cluster; Nombre de clusters; Indices de validité

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Statistiques [math.ST]

Malika Charrad, Nadia Ghazzali, Véronique Boiteau, Azam Niknafs. NbClust Package. An examination of indices for determining the number of clusters. 2012. ⟨hal-01126138⟩