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Definitions:
 
Definitions:
  
A complete graph is a graph with d(d-1)/2 edges.
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- A complete graph is a graph with d(d-1)/2 edges.
  
A subgraph G' of a graph G=(V,E,f) is a graph (V',E',f') such that  
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- A subgraph G' of a graph G=(V,E,f) is a graph (V',E',f') such that  
  
A path in a graph between Vi,Vk is an alternating sequence of vertices and edges containing no repeated edges and no repeated vertices and for which ei is incident to Vi and Vi+1, for each i=1,2,...,k-1. (V1 e1 V2 e2 V3 ... Vk-1 ek-1 Vk)
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- A path in a graph between Vi,Vk is an alternating sequence of vertices and edges containing no repeated edges and no repeated vertices and for which ei is incident to Vi and Vi+1, for each i=1,2,...,k-1. (V1 e1 V2 e2 V3 ... Vk-1 ek-1 Vk)
  
A graph is "connected" if a path exists between any two vertices in the graph
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- A graph is "connected" if a path exists between any two vertices in the graph
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- A component is a maximal connected graph. (i.e. includes as many nodes as possible)
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- A maximal complete subgraph of a graph G is a complete subgraph of G that is not a proper subgraph of any other complete subgraph of G.
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- A cycle is a path of non-trivial length k that comes back to the node where it started

Revision as of 09:33, 8 April 2008

Graph Theory Clustering

dataset {x1, x2, ... , xd} no feature vector given.

given dist(xi, xj)

Construct a graph:

node represents the objects.

edges are relations between objects.

edge weights represents distances.


Definitions:

- A complete graph is a graph with d(d-1)/2 edges.
- A subgraph G' of a graph G=(V,E,f) is a graph (V',E',f') such that 
- A path in a graph between Vi,Vk is an alternating sequence of vertices and edges containing no repeated edges and no repeated vertices and for which ei is incident to Vi and Vi+1, for each i=1,2,...,k-1. (V1 e1 V2 e2 V3 ... Vk-1 ek-1 Vk)
- A graph is "connected" if a path exists between any two vertices in the graph
- A component is a maximal connected graph. (i.e. includes as many nodes as possible)
- A maximal complete subgraph of a graph G is a complete subgraph of G that is not a proper subgraph of any other complete subgraph of G.
- A cycle is a path of non-trivial length k that comes back to the node where it started

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