Constrained K-means Demonstration

Welcome to the cop-kmeans demo applet! This demo allows you to specify any number of two-dimensional points and an optional set of constraints and then cluster the points to see how the constraints affect the resulting clusters. It uses a modified version of the k-means clustering algorithm that accommodates any specified pairwise constraints. See below for instructions.

Warning: If you over-constrain the problem (so that it isn't possible to find k clusters), nothing happens when you click "Cluster it!".

Instructions:

  1. Left-click to place points.
  2. Move the slider to select a value for k (number of clusters).
  3. [Cluster it!] displays the output for the given number of clusters. Each point is connected by a green line to the center of its cluster. In addition, if constraints are specified, the closure is shown.
Optional:

  1. Middle-click and drag to connect two points with a must-link constraint (blue line).
  2. Right-click and drag to connect two points with a cannot-link constraint (red line).
  3. [Clear all] wipes the data area clean.
  4. [Clear constraints] removes all constraints but retains the data points.
  5. [Show closure] displays the transitive closure of the specified constraints.

For more information:


Kiri Wagstaff < Email : wkiri@cs.cornell.edu >
Last modified: Wed Jun 13 19:36:18 2001