Introduction to clustering

Estimated course length: 110 minObjectives:
  • Describe clustering use cases in machine learning applications.
  • Choose the appropriate similarity measure for an analysis.
  • Cluster data with the k-means algorithm.
  • Evaluate the quality of clustering results.
  • Reduce dimensionality in clustering analysis with an autoencoder.

Prerequisites

This course assumes you have the following knowledge:

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