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Clustering has been extensively studied to deal with different kinds of data. Usually, datasets are represented as a n-dimensional vector of attributes described by numerical or nominal categorical values. Symbolic data is another concept where the objects are more complex such as intervals, multi-categorical or modal. However, new applications might give rise to even more complex data describing for example customer desires, constraints, and preferences. Such data can be expressed more compactly using logic-based representations. In this paper, we introduce a new clustering framework, where complex objects are described by propositional formulas. First, we extend the two well-known k-means and hierarchical agglomerative clustering techniques. Second, we introduce a new divisive algorithm for clustering objects represented explicitly by sets of models. Finally, we propose a propositional satisfiability based encoding of the problem of clustering propositional formulas without the need for an explicit representation of their models. Preliminary experimental results validating our proposed framework are provided.
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Boudane, A., Jabbour, S., Sais, L., Salhi, Y. (2017). Clustering Complex Data Represented as Propositional Formulas. In: Kim, J., Shim, K., Cao, L., Lee, JG., Lin, X., Moon, YS. (eds) Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. PAKDD 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10235. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57529-2_35
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