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| 1 | +""" |
| 2 | +Mean Shift Clustering |
| 3 | +
|
| 4 | +A non-parametric, centroid-based clustering algorithm that does not require |
| 5 | +specifying the number of clusters in advance. It works by iteratively shifting |
| 6 | +each data point toward the mean of points within a given bandwidth (radius), |
| 7 | +until convergence. |
| 8 | +
|
| 9 | +How it works: |
| 10 | + 1. Each point starts as its own candidate centroid. |
| 11 | + 2. For each candidate, compute the mean of all points within `bandwidth` |
| 12 | + distance (the "window"). |
| 13 | + 3. Shift the candidate to that mean. |
| 14 | + 4. Repeat until candidates stop moving (convergence). |
| 15 | + 5. Merge candidates that are closer than `bandwidth` to each other. |
| 16 | + 6. Assign each original point to its nearest final centroid. |
| 17 | +
|
| 18 | +Key Properties: |
| 19 | + - No need to specify number of clusters (unlike K-Means) |
| 20 | + - Can find arbitrarily shaped clusters (like DBSCAN) |
| 21 | + - Sensitive to the `bandwidth` parameter |
| 22 | + - Deterministic (no random initialization) |
| 23 | +
|
| 24 | +Time Complexity: O(n² * iterations) with brute-force window search |
| 25 | +Space Complexity: O(n) |
| 26 | +
|
| 27 | +References: |
| 28 | + - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_shift |
| 29 | + - Comaniciu, D. & Meer, P. "Mean Shift: A Robust Approach Toward |
| 30 | + Feature Space Analysis." IEEE TPAMI, 2002. |
| 31 | + https://doi.org/10.1109/34.1000236 |
| 32 | +""" |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +def euclidean_distance(point_a: list[float], point_b: list[float]) -> float: |
| 36 | + """ |
| 37 | + Compute the Euclidean distance between two n-dimensional points. |
| 38 | +
|
| 39 | + >>> euclidean_distance([0.0, 0.0], [3.0, 4.0]) |
| 40 | + 5.0 |
| 41 | + >>> euclidean_distance([1.0, 1.0], [1.0, 1.0]) |
| 42 | + 0.0 |
| 43 | + >>> euclidean_distance([0.0], [5.0]) |
| 44 | + 5.0 |
| 45 | + >>> euclidean_distance([0.0, 0.0], [1.0]) |
| 46 | + Traceback (most recent call last): |
| 47 | + ... |
| 48 | + ValueError: Both points must have the same number of dimensions. |
| 49 | + """ |
| 50 | + if len(point_a) != len(point_b): |
| 51 | + raise ValueError("Both points must have the same number of dimensions.") |
| 52 | + return sum((a - b) ** 2 for a, b in zip(point_a, point_b)) ** 0.5 |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +def get_points_within_bandwidth( |
| 56 | + data: list[list[float]], center: list[float], bandwidth: float |
| 57 | +) -> list[list[float]]: |
| 58 | + """ |
| 59 | + Return all points in data that lie within `bandwidth` distance of `center`. |
| 60 | +
|
| 61 | + >>> data = [[0.0, 0.0], [0.5, 0.5], [5.0, 5.0]] |
| 62 | + >>> get_points_within_bandwidth(data, [0.0, 0.0], 1.0) |
| 63 | + [[0.0, 0.0], [0.5, 0.5]] |
| 64 | + >>> get_points_within_bandwidth(data, [5.0, 5.0], 1.0) |
| 65 | + [[5.0, 5.0]] |
| 66 | + >>> get_points_within_bandwidth(data, [0.0, 0.0], 10.0) |
| 67 | + [[0.0, 0.0], [0.5, 0.5], [5.0, 5.0]] |
| 68 | + """ |
| 69 | + return [ |
| 70 | + point for point in data if euclidean_distance(point, center) <= bandwidth |
| 71 | + ] |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +def compute_mean(points: list[list[float]]) -> list[float]: |
| 75 | + """ |
| 76 | + Compute the element-wise mean of a list of points. |
| 77 | +
|
| 78 | + >>> compute_mean([[1.0, 2.0], [3.0, 4.0]]) |
| 79 | + [2.0, 3.0] |
| 80 | + >>> compute_mean([[0.0, 0.0, 0.0]]) |
| 81 | + [0.0, 0.0, 0.0] |
| 82 | + >>> compute_mean([]) |
| 83 | + Traceback (most recent call last): |
| 84 | + ... |
| 85 | + ValueError: Cannot compute mean of empty list. |
| 86 | + """ |
| 87 | + if not points: |
| 88 | + raise ValueError("Cannot compute mean of empty list.") |
| 89 | + n_dims = len(points[0]) |
| 90 | + return [sum(point[dim] for point in points) / len(points) for dim in range(n_dims)] |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +def shift_point( |
| 94 | + point: list[float], data: list[list[float]], bandwidth: float |
| 95 | +) -> list[float]: |
| 96 | + """ |
| 97 | + Shift a single point to the mean of all data points within `bandwidth`. |
| 98 | +
|
| 99 | + If no points fall within the bandwidth, the point remains unchanged. |
| 100 | +
|
| 101 | + >>> data = [[1.0, 1.0], [1.5, 1.5], [10.0, 10.0]] |
| 102 | + >>> shift_point([1.0, 1.0], data, 2.0) |
| 103 | + [1.25, 1.25] |
| 104 | + >>> shift_point([10.0, 10.0], data, 1.0) |
| 105 | + [10.0, 10.0] |
| 106 | + """ |
| 107 | + neighbors = get_points_within_bandwidth(data, point, bandwidth) |
| 108 | + if not neighbors: |
| 109 | + return point |
| 110 | + return compute_mean(neighbors) |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | + |
| 113 | +def has_converged( |
| 114 | + old_point: list[float], new_point: list[float], tolerance: float |
| 115 | +) -> bool: |
| 116 | + """ |
| 117 | + Check whether a point has converged (moved less than `tolerance`). |
| 118 | +
|
| 119 | + >>> has_converged([1.0, 1.0], [1.0000001, 1.0000001], 1e-4) |
| 120 | + True |
| 121 | + >>> has_converged([1.0, 1.0], [1.5, 1.5], 1e-4) |
| 122 | + False |
| 123 | + """ |
| 124 | + return euclidean_distance(old_point, new_point) < tolerance |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +def merge_centroids( |
| 128 | + centroids: list[list[float]], bandwidth: float |
| 129 | +) -> list[list[float]]: |
| 130 | + """ |
| 131 | + Merge centroids that are within `bandwidth` distance of each other. |
| 132 | +
|
| 133 | + Iterates through centroids and greedily merges any that are close enough, |
| 134 | + keeping the first encountered as the representative. |
| 135 | +
|
| 136 | + >>> centroids = [[1.0, 1.0], [1.1, 1.1], [10.0, 10.0]] |
| 137 | + >>> merged = merge_centroids(centroids, 1.0) |
| 138 | + >>> len(merged) |
| 139 | + 2 |
| 140 | + >>> centroids = [[0.0, 0.0], [5.0, 5.0], [10.0, 10.0]] |
| 141 | + >>> len(merge_centroids(centroids, 1.0)) |
| 142 | + 3 |
| 143 | + """ |
| 144 | + merged: list[list[float]] = [] |
| 145 | + for centroid in centroids: |
| 146 | + if all( |
| 147 | + euclidean_distance(centroid, existing) >= bandwidth |
| 148 | + for existing in merged |
| 149 | + ): |
| 150 | + merged.append(centroid) |
| 151 | + return merged |
| 152 | + |
| 153 | + |
| 154 | +def mean_shift( |
| 155 | + data: list[list[float]], |
| 156 | + bandwidth: float, |
| 157 | + max_iterations: int = 300, |
| 158 | + tolerance: float = 1e-4, |
| 159 | +) -> list[int]: |
| 160 | + """ |
| 161 | + Perform Mean Shift clustering on a dataset. |
| 162 | +
|
| 163 | + Args: |
| 164 | + data: List of n-dimensional data points. |
| 165 | + bandwidth: Radius of the window used to compute the mean. |
| 166 | + Must be greater than 0. |
| 167 | + max_iterations: Maximum number of shift iterations per point. |
| 168 | + Must be at least 1. |
| 169 | + tolerance: Convergence threshold — stop shifting when movement |
| 170 | + is smaller than this value. Must be greater than 0. |
| 171 | +
|
| 172 | + Returns: |
| 173 | + A list of integer cluster labels, one per input point. |
| 174 | + Cluster IDs start from 0. |
| 175 | +
|
| 176 | + Raises: |
| 177 | + ValueError: If data is empty. |
| 178 | + ValueError: If bandwidth is not positive. |
| 179 | + ValueError: If max_iterations is less than 1. |
| 180 | + ValueError: If tolerance is not positive. |
| 181 | +
|
| 182 | + Example — two well-separated clusters: |
| 183 | + >>> data = [ |
| 184 | + ... [1.0, 1.0], [1.2, 1.0], [1.0, 1.2], |
| 185 | + ... [9.0, 9.0], [9.2, 9.0], [9.0, 9.2], |
| 186 | + ... ] |
| 187 | + >>> labels = mean_shift(data, bandwidth=2.0) |
| 188 | + >>> len(set(labels)) # two clusters |
| 189 | + 2 |
| 190 | + >>> labels[0] == labels[1] == labels[2] # first group same cluster |
| 191 | + True |
| 192 | + >>> labels[3] == labels[4] == labels[5] # second group same cluster |
| 193 | + True |
| 194 | + >>> labels[0] != labels[3] # different clusters |
| 195 | + True |
| 196 | +
|
| 197 | + Example — single cluster (all points close together): |
| 198 | + >>> data = [[0.0, 0.0], [0.1, 0.0], [0.0, 0.1], [0.1, 0.1]] |
| 199 | + >>> labels = mean_shift(data, bandwidth=2.0) |
| 200 | + >>> len(set(labels)) |
| 201 | + 1 |
| 202 | +
|
| 203 | + Example — invalid inputs: |
| 204 | + >>> mean_shift([], bandwidth=1.0) |
| 205 | + Traceback (most recent call last): |
| 206 | + ... |
| 207 | + ValueError: Data must not be empty. |
| 208 | + >>> mean_shift([[1.0, 2.0]], bandwidth=0.0) |
| 209 | + Traceback (most recent call last): |
| 210 | + ... |
| 211 | + ValueError: Bandwidth must be greater than 0. |
| 212 | + >>> mean_shift([[1.0, 2.0]], bandwidth=1.0, max_iterations=0) |
| 213 | + Traceback (most recent call last): |
| 214 | + ... |
| 215 | + ValueError: max_iterations must be at least 1. |
| 216 | + >>> mean_shift([[1.0, 2.0]], bandwidth=1.0, tolerance=0.0) |
| 217 | + Traceback (most recent call last): |
| 218 | + ... |
| 219 | + ValueError: Tolerance must be greater than 0. |
| 220 | + """ |
| 221 | + if not data: |
| 222 | + raise ValueError("Data must not be empty.") |
| 223 | + if bandwidth <= 0: |
| 224 | + raise ValueError("Bandwidth must be greater than 0.") |
| 225 | + if max_iterations < 1: |
| 226 | + raise ValueError("max_iterations must be at least 1.") |
| 227 | + if tolerance <= 0: |
| 228 | + raise ValueError("Tolerance must be greater than 0.") |
| 229 | + |
| 230 | + # each point starts as its own candidate centroid |
| 231 | + candidates = [point[:] for point in data] |
| 232 | + |
| 233 | + for _ in range(max_iterations): |
| 234 | + new_candidates = [ |
| 235 | + shift_point(candidate, data, bandwidth) for candidate in candidates |
| 236 | + ] |
| 237 | + if all( |
| 238 | + has_converged(old, new, tolerance) |
| 239 | + for old, new in zip(candidates, new_candidates) |
| 240 | + ): |
| 241 | + break |
| 242 | + candidates = new_candidates |
| 243 | + |
| 244 | + centroids = merge_centroids(candidates, bandwidth) |
| 245 | + |
| 246 | + # assign each original point to its nearest centroid |
| 247 | + labels = [ |
| 248 | + min( |
| 249 | + range(len(centroids)), |
| 250 | + key=lambda i: euclidean_distance(point, centroids[i]), |
| 251 | + ) |
| 252 | + for point in data |
| 253 | + ] |
| 254 | + |
| 255 | + return labels |
| 256 | + |
| 257 | + |
| 258 | +if __name__ == "__main__": |
| 259 | + import doctest |
| 260 | + |
| 261 | + doctest.testmod(verbose=True) |
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