Communities in Data
Document Type
Presentation Abstract
Presentation Date
3-15-2021
Abstract
Although clustering is a crucial component of human experience, there are relatively few methods which harness the richness of a social perspective. Here, we introduce a probabilistically-interpretable measure of local depth from which the cohesion between points can be obtained, via partitioning. The PaLD approach allows one to obtain graph-type community structure (with resulting clusters) in a holistic manner which accounts for varying density and is entirely free of extraneous inputs (e.g., number of communities, neighborhood size, optimization criteria, etc.). Some theoretical properties of cohesion are included. Joint work with Kenneth Berenhaut.
Recommended Citation
Moore, Katherine, "Communities in Data" (2021). Colloquia of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. 611.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mathcolloquia/611
Additional Details
March 15, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. via Zoom