Coz the streaming k-means is better and waay faster.
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Kevin <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the update. Can you point me to or tell me why the mean shift > clustering algorithm will be removed from upcoming releases? > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Sebastian Schelter <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > unfortunately, we have decided to remove the mean shift clustering in > > upcoming releases. > > > > > > 2013/7/18 Kevin <[email protected]> > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I've started to use the mean shift clustering algorithm and I am > > wondering > > > if it would be beneficial to include the functionality of > > > MeanShiftCanopyMapper.map(...) in the > > > MeanShiftCanopyCreatorMapper.map(...). This way the MapReduce job used > to > > > create canopies from vector would not only transform all the vectors to > > > canopies, but also, in the same job, start merging canopies. The first > > > iteration of building the clusters would be done inside the > > > MeanShiftCanopyMapper instead of just transforming vectors to canopies. > > > > > > Any inputs about this? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > -Kevin > > > > > >
