| Tool Name | K-Means Clustering for Grids |
| Tool ID | 1 |
| Library ID | imagery_classification |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Author(s) | O.Conrad (c) 2001 |
Forgy, E. (1965): Cluster analysis of multivariate data: efficiency vs. interpretability of classifications. Biometrics 21:768.
Rubin, J. (1967): Optimal classification into groups: an approach for solving the taxonomy problem. J. Theoretical Biology, 15:103-144.
| Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input | ||||
| Features | grid list, input | GRIDS | ||
| Output | ||||
| Clusters | grid, output | CLUSTER | ||
| Statistics | table, output | STATISTICS | ||
| Elbow Statistics | table, output | ELBOW_STATS | ||
| Options | ||||
| Method | choice | METHOD | Available Choices: [0] Minimum Distance (Forgy 1965) [1] Hill Climbing (Rubin 1967) [2] Minimum Distance + Hill Climbing Default: 1 | |
| Number of Clusters | integer number | NCLUSTER | Minimum: 2 Default: 10 | |
| Maximum Iterations | integer number | MAXITER | Maximum number of iterations, ignored if zero. | Minimum: 0 Default: 10 |
| Start Partition | choice | INITIALIZE | Available Choices: [0] random [1] periodical [2] keep values Default: 0 | |
| Start Partition | choice | ELBOW_INIT | Available Choices: [0] random [1] periodical Default: 0 | |
| Elbow Method | choice | ELBOW | Available Choices: [0] no [1] absolute [2] change [3] maximum distance Default: 0 | |
| Threshold Percentage | floating point number | ELBOW_ABS | Minimum: 0.000000 Maximum: 50.000000 Default: 10.000000 | |
| Threshold Percentage | floating point number | ELBOW_CHG | Minimum: 0.000000 Maximum: 50.000000 Default: 5.000000 | |
| Normalise | boolean | NORMALISE | Take standardized normalise grids by standard deviation before clustering. | Default: 0 |
| Old Version | boolean | OLDVERSION | slower but memory saving | Default: 0 |