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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
  
* A component is a maximal connected graph. (i.e. includes as many nodes as possible)
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* 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.
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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.
  
* A cycle is a path of non-trivial length k that comes back to the node where it started
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* A ''cycle'' is a path of non-trivial length k that comes back to the node where it started
  
* A tree is a connected graph with no cycles. The weight of a tree is the sum of all edge weights in the tree.
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* A ''tree'' is a connected graph with no cycles. The weight of a tree is the sum of all edge weights in the tree.
  
* A spanning tree is a tree containing all vertices of a graph.
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* A ''spanning tree'' is a tree containing all vertices of a graph.
  
* A minimum spanning tree (MST) of a graph G is tree having minimal weight among all spanning trees of G.
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* A ''minimum spanning tree'' (MST) of a graph G is tree having minimal weight among all spanning trees of G.

Revision as of 09:37, 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
  • A tree is a connected graph with no cycles. The weight of a tree is the sum of all edge weights in the tree.
  • A spanning tree is a tree containing all vertices of a graph.
  • A minimum spanning tree (MST) of a graph G is tree having minimal weight among all spanning trees of G.

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