Automatic clustering algorithms: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis of relevant literature

AE Ezugwu, AK Shukla, MB Agbaje… - Neural Computing and …, 2021 - Springer
Cluster analysis is an essential tool in data mining. Several clustering algorithms have been
proposed and implemented, most of which are able to find good quality clustering results …

An efficient hybrid approach based on PSO, ACO and k-means for cluster analysis

T Niknam, B Amiri - Applied soft computing, 2010 - Elsevier
Clustering is a popular data analysis and data mining technique. A popular technique for
clustering is based on k-means such that the data is partitioned into K clusters. However, the …

An efficient hybrid algorithm based on modified imperialist competitive algorithm and K-means for data clustering

T Niknam, ET Fard, N Pourjafarian, A Rousta - Engineering Applications of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Clustering techniques have received attention in many fields of study such as engineering,
medicine, biology and data mining. The aim of clustering is to collect data points. The K …

Automatic data clustering using nature-inspired symbiotic organism search algorithm

Y Zhou, H Wu, Q Luo, M Abdel-Baset - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2019 - Elsevier
The symbiotic organism search (SOS) is a recently proposed metaheuristic optimization
algorithm that simulates the symbiotic interaction strategies adopted by organisms to survive …

A simplex method-based social spider optimization algorithm for clustering analysis

Y Zhou, Y Zhou, Q Luo, M Abdel-Basset - Engineering Applications of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Clustering is a popular data-analysis and data-mining technique that has been addressed in
many contexts and by researchers in many disciplines. The K-means algorithm is one of the …

An improved boosting bald eagle search algorithm with improved african vultures optimization algorithm for data clustering

FS Gharehchopogh - Annals of Data Science, 2024 - Springer
Data clustering is one of the main issues in the optimization problem. It is the process of
clustering a group of items into several groups. Items within each group have the greatest …

Flower pollination algorithm with bee pollinator for cluster analysis

R Wang, Y Zhou, S Qiao, K Huang - Information Processing Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
Clustering is a popular data analysis and data mining technique. The k-means clustering
algorithm is one of the most commonly used methods. However, it highly depends on the …

A comparative performance study of hybrid firefly algorithms for automatic data clustering

AES Ezugwu, MB Agbaje, N Aljojo, R Els… - Ieee …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In cluster analysis, the goal has always been to extemporize the best possible means of
automatically determining the number of clusters. However, because of lack of prior domain …

An efficient hybrid evolutionary optimization algorithm based on PSO and SA for clustering

T Niknam, B Amiri, J Olamaei, A Arefi - Journal of Zhejiang University …, 2009 - Springer
The K-means algorithm is one of the most popular techniques in clustering. Nevertheless,
the performance of the K-means algorithm depends highly on initial cluster centers and …

An automatic clustering algorithm inspired by membrane computing

H Peng, J Wang, P Shi, A Riscos-Núñez… - Pattern Recognition …, 2015 - Elsevier
Membrane computing is a class of distributed parallel computing models. Inspired from the
structure and inherent mechanism of membrane computing, a membrane clustering …