Alpha-cut implemented fuzzy clustering algorithms and switching regressions.
In the fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering algorithm, almost none of the data points have a membership value of 1. Moreover, noise and outliers may cause difficulties in obtaining appropriate clustering results from the FCM algorithm. The embedding of FCM into switching regressions, called the fuzzy c-regressions (FCRs), still has the same drawbacks as FCM. In this paper, we propose the alpha-cut implemented fuzzy clustering algorithms, referred to as FCMalpha, which allow the data points being able to completely belong to one cluster. The proposed FCMalpha algorithms can form a cluster core for each cluster, where data points inside a cluster core will have a membership value of 1 so that it can resolve the drawbacks of FCM. On the other hand, the fuzziness index m plays different roles for FCM and FCMalpha. We find that the clustering results obtained by FCMalpha are more robust to noise and outliers than FCM when a larger m is used. Moreover, the cluster cores generated by FCMalpha are workable for various data shape clusters, so that FCMalpha is very suitable for embedding into switching regressions. The embedding of FCMalpha into switching regressions is called FCRalpha. The proposed FCRalpha provides better results than FCR for environments with noise or outliers. Numerical examples show the robustness and the superiority of our proposed methods.
Yang
Miin-Shen
MS
Department of Applied Mathematics, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, ROC. msyang@math.cycu.edu.tw
Wu
Kuo-Lung
KL
Hsieh
June-Nan
JN
Yu
Jian
J
D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017143:Fuzzy Logic; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted