I would be in favor of a HierarchicalClustering object that supports various linkage criteria.
something like: hc = HierarchicalClustering(linkage='single') linkage='ward' would be another option. Alex On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Jacob Vanderplas <jake...@cs.washington.edu> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 5:21 AM, bthirion <bertrand.thir...@inria.fr> wrote: >> >> > I think single-linkage is what people are going to look for when they >> > want a clustering algorithm. The fact that this is equivalent to >> > finding an MST is an implementation detail (although it's still a good >> > thing to have that in the docs, since it immediately evokes the >> > complexity of MST algos to computer scientists). >> +1 > > > I'm +1 on SingleLinkage as well. > > As I commented on the PR, the MST clustering algorithm is also known as > "Friends of Friends" in some circles, but I think that's probably a less > familiar name. People may also search for this under the name Hierarchical > Clustering -- that is, using multiple edge thresholds leads to a nested > hierarchy of clusters. To maximize usefulness, I think the docstring and > narrative docs should mention the alternative names. > > Great work on this, Robert, > Jake > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! > Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies > and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step > tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041391&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Scikit-learn-general mailing list > Scikit-learn-general@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scikit-learn-general > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041391&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Scikit-learn-general mailing list Scikit-learn-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scikit-learn-general
