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Table 4 High-level summary of clustering algorithm characteristics

From: DiviK: divisive intelligent K-means for hands-free unsupervised clustering in big biological data

 

Spectral clustering

K-means

Spatial clustering

DiviK

Rand index ranks

62.5

71

40.5

36

Dice index ranks

59

75

39

37

EXIMS score ranks

62.5

38.5

52.5

56.5

Scalability ranks

72.5

32.5

72.5

32.5

Total rank

256.5

217

204.5

162

  1. Contains sum of ranks for each criterion (lower is better). Top rank of a quality index across clustering methods is presented in bold italics