Foreword

  • Output options: the ‘tango’ syntax and the ‘readable’ theme.
  • Note.

Classification and clustering

Classification and clustering is a vast realm. We remained on the surface.

In addition, discoveries and innovation are rapidly expanding the knowledge base. With neural networks and deep learning, possibilities are now astronomical! We can classify, recognize and sort:

  • Images.
  • Patterns.
  • Faces.
  • Sounds.
  • Music.
  • Video sequences.
  • Voice.
  • Languages.
  • Etc.

Applications are infinite:

  • Research: data collected from clinical studies, psychological or medical.
  • Marketing: data derived from consumers, consumption, etc.
  • Ecology: readings from sensors, stations, instruments, etc.
  • Social and telecom networks: data from users such as logins, credit card use, etc.
  • Communications networks, electrical circuits, etc.

In an era of Big Data, cheap storage, fast computation, constant collection, we say the supply of data has Four V (volume, velocity, variety, and veracity).

Classification and clustering offer tools to process this astronomical supply of data, of Big Data.

To the infinity and beyond!