Also found:
http://nlp.stanford.edu/IR-book/html/htmledition/evaluation-of-clustering-1.html
On Aug 18, 2009, at 9:55 AM, Grant Ingersoll wrote:
On Jul 27, 2009, at 9:42 PM, Ted Dunning wrote:
The other reference I am looking for may be in David Mackay's
book. The
idea is that you measure the quality of the approximation by
looking at the
entropy in the cluster assignment relative to the residual required
to
precisely specify the original data relative to the quantized value.
Is the WM Rand paper in JSTOR ("Object Criteria for Evaluation of
Clustering Methods") worthwhile on this topic? Basic searches for
"evaluating clustering" or "cluster evaluation" on Google Scholar
turn up very little. The Rand paper is from 1971, but who knows...
Of course, I'd like something that doesn't require purchase (sigh.)
