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SDC: a parameter-free clustering algorithm for incomplete datasets

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Qi Li
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Xianjun Zeng
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王书亮 (Shuliang Wang)
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Wenhao Zhu
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阮思捷 (Sijie Ruan)
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Jiale Dai
DOI:10.1016/j.patcog.2026.113363delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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• We propose a parameter-free clustering algorithm for incomplete datasets with missing values. • We devise a single-dimensional strategy that removes imputation and enables decision-graph-based clustering on incomplete data. • We introduce a gravity-inspired mechanism to contract cluster boundaries and enhance separability. • We design a lightweight batch-density estimation scheme that substantially reduces computational complexity. • Extensive experiments show that SDC improves clustering performance by at least 13.7% (NMI), 23.8% (ARI), and 8.1% (Purity) compared with representative baselines. • The source code is publicly available at https://github.com/DJLPKU/single_dimension_clustering .
Keywords:
clustering
incomplete datasets
parameter-free
decision-graph
gravity-inspired mechanism

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Pattern Recognition
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Beijing Forestry University
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Beijing Institute of Technology
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