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mj1496
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Reputation: 61

Is there a way to assign a maximum number of clusters using DBSCAN?

If I am trying to cluster my data using DBSCAN, is there a way to assign a maximum number of clusters? I know I can set the minimum distance between points to be considered a cluster, but my data changes case by case and I would prefer to not allow more than 4 clusters. Any suggestions?

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Answers (1)

Has QUIT--Anony-Mousse
Has QUIT--Anony-Mousse

Reputation: 77495

Not with DBSCAN itself. Connected components are connected components, there is no ambiguity at this point.

You could write your own rules to extract the X most significant costs from an OPTICS plot though. OPTICS is the more variable formulation of DBSCAN.

Upvotes: 1

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