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Features

Clustering

available

Generate unsupervised labels by identifying structure in feature space or an embedded representation.

Overview

Clustering groups observations according to patterns in the selected analytical space.

Ounias can cluster the original selected features or a lower-dimensional representation generated by an embedding method.

Analytical space

Choose whether the clustering method operates directly on selected features or on a generated embedding.

Feature space

Cluster observations directly using the selected dataset features.

  • Retains the original analytical dimensions
  • Does not depend on a dimensionality-reduction step
  • Allows clustering results to be compared directly across feature-space configurations

Embedded space

Cluster observations using coordinates produced by an embedding method.

  • Uses a lower-dimensional representation
  • Preserves the relationship between the labeling run and its embedding configuration
  • Allows embedding and clustering choices to be evaluated together
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Supported methods

Different clustering methods make different assumptions about group shape, density, and membership.

Centroid and distribution based

K-Means

available

Partitions observations around a selected number of cluster centers.

Feature space Embedded space

Gaussian Mixture Model

available

Models observations as a mixture of probabilistic distributions.

Soft membership Feature space Embedded space

Density based

DBSCAN

available

Finds dense regions while allowing some observations to remain unassigned.

Density based Noise aware

HDBSCAN

available

Extends density-based clustering across varying density levels.

Density based Variable cluster count

Structural

Agglomerative clustering

available

Builds a hierarchical grouping by progressively combining observations or clusters.

Hierarchical Feature space Embedded space

Spectral clustering

available

Uses relationships between observations to identify potentially nonlinear group structure.

Graph based Nonlinear structure

Evaluation and enrichment

  • Separation and structure metrics
  • Standardized metric pillars
  • Stability analysis
  • Feature explanations
  • Rule extraction
  • Substructure analysis
  • Cross-run comparison
  • Longitudinal analysis where applicable

Interpretation

  • Clusters are analytical representations, not automatically meaningful real-world groups.
  • Results can depend on the selected features, embedding, distance structure, algorithm, and parameters.
  • Domain interpretation remains necessary when assigning meaning to discovered groups.