Understanding HDBSCAN and Density-Based Clustering
A comprehensive top-down introduction to the inner workings of the HDBSCAN clustering algorithm and key concepts of density-based clustering
Pepe Berba
Jan 17
“Therefore, a clustering algorithm that will be used for data exploration needs to have as few assumptions as possible so that… it [is] more robust and applicable to a wider range of real-world data…. HDBSCAN uses a density-based approach which makes few implicit assumptions about the clusters.”