arXiv:2509.04603stat.APcs.LG2025-09被引 1

交互式工具帮助识别高维聚类中的虚假簇,提升结果可信度。

DRtool: An Interactive Tool for Analyzing High-Dimensional Clusterings

  • 通过多视角分析图揭示数据全局与局部结构
  • 可检测非线性降维导致的过度聚类问题
  • 适合数据分析初学者与高维聚类研究者使用

面对新数据时,聚类分析常用于理解数据结构及典型样本。但随着数据复杂性和维度增加,可视化变得困难。非线性降维方法虽能保留局部聚类,却可能因空间剧烈扭曲产生虚假结构,尤其易导致过度聚类,且不易被新手察觉。为此,我们开发了交互式工具 DRtool,通过多种分析图表提供数据全局结构与簇间关系的多角度视图,帮助用户判断高维聚类结果的真实性。该工具以 R 包形式发布,支持直观探索与验证。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

When faced with new data, we often conduct a cluster analysis to obtain a better understanding of the data's structure and the archetypical samples present in the data. This process often includes visualization of the data, either as a way to discover or verify clusters. However, the increases in data complexity and dimensionality has made this step very tricky. To visualize data, nonlinear dimension reduction methods are the de facto standard for their ability to non-uniformly stretch and shrink space in order to preserve local clusters. Because this process requires a drastic manipulation of space, however, nonlinear dimension reduction methods are known to produce false structures, especially when mishandled. A common consequence that often goes undetected by the untrained eye is over-clustering of the data. In efforts to deal with this phenomenon, we developed an interactive tool that empowers analysts to distinguish false clusters and better interpret their high-dimensional clustering results. The tool uses various analytical plots to provide a multi-faceted perspective on the data's global structure as well as local inter-cluster relationships, helping users determine the legitimacy of their high-dimensional clustering results. The tool is available via an R package named DRtool.

聚类分析交互工具高维数据

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