Refer to Exercise 6. Show that the ratio of the between-cluster variation to the within-cluster variation decreases
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Refer to Exercise 6. Show that the ratio of the between-cluster variation to the within-cluster variation decreases with each pass of the algorithm.
Exercise 6
Suppose that we have the following data:
Identify the cluster by applying the k-means algorithm, with k = 2. Try using initial cluster centers as far apart as possible.
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