mlpack_dbscan

NAME

mlpack_dbscan - dbscan clustering

SYNOPSIS

mlpack_dbscan -i string [-e double] [-m int] [-N bool] [-S bool] [-t string] [-V bool] [-a string] [-C string] [-h -v]

DESCRIPTION

This program implements the DBSCAN algorithm for clustering using accelerated tree-based range search. The type of tree that is used may be parameterized, or brute-force range search may also be used.

The input dataset to be clustered may be specified with the ’--input_file (-i)’ parameter; the radius of each range search may be specified with the ’--epsilon (-e)’ parameters, and the minimum number of points in a cluster may be specified with the ’--min_size (-m)’ parameter.

The ’--assignments_file (-a)’ and ’--centroids_file (-C)’ output parameters may be used to save the output of the clustering. ’--assignments_file (-a)’ contains the cluster assignments of each point, and ’--centroids_file (-C)’ contains the centroids of each cluster.

The range search may be controlled with the ’--tree_type (-t)’, ’--single_mode (-S)’, and ’--naive (-N)’ parameters. ’--tree_type (-t)’ can control the type of tree used for range search; this can take a variety of values: ’kd’, ’r’, ’r-star’, ’x’, ’hilbert-r’, ’r-plus’, ’r-plus-plus’, ’cover’, ’ball’. The ’--single_mode (-S)’ parameter will force single-tree search (as opposed to the default dual-tree search), and ’’--naive (-N)’ will force brute-force range search.

An example usage to run DBSCAN on the dataset in ’input.csv’ with a radius of 0.5 and a minimum cluster size of 5 is given below:

$ dbscan --input_file input.csv --epsilon 0.5 --min_size 5

REQUIRED INPUT OPTIONS

--input_file (-i) [string]

Input dataset to cluster.

OPTIONAL INPUT OPTIONS

--epsilon (-e) [double]

Radius of each range search. Default value 1.

--help (-h) [bool]

Default help info.

--info [string]

Get help on a specific module or option. Default value ’’.

--min_size (-m) [int]

Minimum number of points for a cluster. Default value 5.

--naive (-N) [bool]

If set, brute-force range search (not tree-based) will be used.

--single_mode (-S) [bool]

If set, single-tree range search (not dual-tree) will be used.

--tree_type (-t) [string]

If using single-tree or dual-tree search, the type of tree to use (’kd’, ’r’, ’r-star’, ’x’, ’hilbert-r’, ’r-plus’, ’r-plus-plus’, ’cover’, ’ball’). Default value ’kd’.

--verbose (-v) [bool]

Display informational messages and the full list of parameters and timers at the end of execution.

--version (-V) [bool]

Display the version of mlpack.

OPTIONAL OUTPUT OPTIONS

--assignments_file (-a) [string]

Output matrix for assignments of each point. Default value ’’.

--centroids_file (-C) [string]

Matrix to save output centroids to. Default value ’’.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For further information, including relevant papers, citations, and theory, consult the documentation found at http://www.mlpack.org or included with your distribution of mlpack.