// Package clusters provides abstract definitions of clusterers as well as // their implementations. package clusters import ( "math" ) // DistFunc represents a function for measuring distance // between n-dimensional vectors. type DistFunc func([]float64, []float64) float64 // Online represents parameters important for online learning in // clustering algorithms. type Online struct { Alpha float64 Dimension int } // HCEvent represents the intermediate result of computation of hard clustering algorithm // and are transmitted periodically to the caller during online learning type HCEvent struct { Cluster int Observation []float64 } // Clusterer defines the operation of learning // common for all algorithms type Clusterer interface { Learn([][]float64) error } // HardClusterer defines a set of operations for hard clustering algorithms type HardClusterer interface { // Sizes returns sizes of respective clusters Sizes() []int // Guesses returns mapping from data point indices to cluster numbers. Clusters' numbering begins at 1. Guesses() []int // Predict returns number of cluster to which the observation would be assigned Predict(observation []float64) int // IsOnline tells the algorithm supports online learning IsOnline() bool // WithOnline configures the algorithms for online learning with given parameters WithOnline(Online) HardClusterer // Online begins the process of online training of an algorithm. Observations are sent on the observations channel, // once no more are expected an empty struct needs to be sent on done channel. Caller receives intermediate results of computation via // the returned channel. Online(observations chan []float64, done chan struct{}) chan *HCEvent // Clusterer implements common operation Clusterer } // Estimator defines a computation used to determine an optimal number of clusters in the dataset type Estimator interface { // Estimate provides an expected number of clusters in the dataset Estimate([][]float64) (int, error) } // Importer defines an operation of importing the dataset from an external file type Importer interface { // Import fetches the data from a file, start and end arguments allow user // to specify the span of data columns to be imported (inclusively) Import(file string, start, end int) ([][]float64, error) } var ( // EuclideanDist is one of the common distance measurement EuclideanDist = func(a, b []float64) float64 { var ( s, t float64 ) for i := range a { t = a[i] - b[i] s += t * t } return math.Sqrt(s) } // EuclideanDistSquared is one of the common distance measurement EuclideanDistSquared = func(a, b []float64) float64 { var ( s, t float64 ) for i := range a { t = a[i] - b[i] s += t * t } return s } )