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28 Jul

Beginners Guide to Image Compression using K-Means Clustering

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Image compression is reducing the size that an image takes while storing or transmitting.  Images of high quality take a lot of memory while storing, whereas the low image of low quality takes less memory. There are many ways by which we can compress images, one of which is K-Means Clustering. Here, we will discuss…

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16 Aug

Beginner’s Guide To K-Means Clustering 

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A very common example of an unsupervised machine learning, clustering is the process of grouping similar data points into a cluster. Given a finite set of data points, clustering aims to find homogeneous subgroups of data points with similar characteristics. In this article, we will learn the basics of a simple clustering algorithm called K-Means…

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16 Jul

The Right To Be Forgotten: When You No Longer Want To Be A Datapoint

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In the age of the internet, leveraging data to manipulate the likes and dislikes of people has become a common strategy of global firms and government organisations alike. Every person is reduced to a data point. Photos on social media, most clicked videos or products, even the time spent watching an advertisement is being used…

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20 Dec

Clustering Techniques Every Data Science Beginner Should Swear By

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Cluster analysis is the statistical method of grouping data into subsets that have application in the context of a selective problem. This technique is widely used to club data/observations in the right segments so that data within any segment are similar while data across segments are different. However, defining “similar” or “different” observations is a…

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