Treffer: Comparative Studies of Different Fuzzy-C-Means Clustering Algorithms for Machine Learning

A common machine learning technique for grouping data into clusters according to similarity is fuzzy C-Means (FCM) clustering, which permits each data point to belong to numerous clusters with differing degrees of membership. Because of its adaptability, FCM is a desirable option for applications including anomaly detection, pattern identification, and image segmentation. To overcome certain drawbacks including initialization sensitivity, computational cost, and managing data noise, several iterations and adaptations of the FCM algorithm have been put forth. In the context of machine learning applications, this work compares a number of enhanced and updated FCM algorithms. The study highlights the theoretical underpinnings, advantages, and disadvantages of the basic FCM algorithm as well as more sophisticated variants including Weighted FCM, Kernelized FCM, and Possibilistic FCM. Performance parameters such as resilience to noise, convergence speed, computing economy, and clustering accuracy are used in the analysis. The influence of these algorithms in other fields, such as picture clustering, medical diagnosis, and customer segmentation, is also examined in this research. The main conclusions show that although the standard FCM technique is popular because it is straightforward and efficient, more sophisticated variants, such Kernelized FCM, perform better in intricate, non-linear datasets. While possibilistic FCM delivers increases in noise tolerance and fuzzy membership interpretability, weighted FCM is superior at handling outliers.