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# Clustering Projects - Custom Algorithms & Advanced Method Evaluation

**Date:** October 2024 - March 2025
**Technologies:** Python, Scikit-Learn, Pandas, SciPy

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## Overview

This folder collects two interrelated projects on clustering, nearest-neighbor methods, and feature selection. The work ranges from low-level algorithmic implementations to a full comparative study of advanced clustering techniques on both synthetic and real-world data.

## Sub-Projects

### Custom K-NN & Imputation

A from-scratch implementation of the K-Nearest Neighbors algorithm for both classification and missing-value imputation. Includes a `KNNClassifier` compatible with scikit-learn's `BaseEstimator` interface, a `CustomKNNImputer` that replaces missing values using neighbor means, and the underlying `knn` distance computation with Euclidean metric. It also includes a manual implementation of the mRMR feature selection algorithm, which ranks features by maximizing mutual information with the target class while minimizing redundancy among selected features. Uses scikit-learn's `mutual_info_classif` and evaluates selected feature subsets via a `KNeighborsClassifier`.

### Evaluation of Advanced Clustering Methods

A systematic comparison of K-Means, Fuzzy C-Means, Gaussian Mixture Models (custom EM implementation), and Spectral Clustering across synthetic datasets (blobs, circles, moons) with varying noise levels. Includes comprehensive quality metrics (Silhouette, Davies-Bouldin, ARI, V-Measure), optimal cluster selection (Elbow, Silhouette, BIC), and a real-world application to the German Credit dataset with feature importance analysis.

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## Sub-Projects in this Folder

- **Evaluation of Advanced Clustering Methods** ([/projects/clustering/advanced-method-evaluation.md](https://tablerus.es/projects/clustering/advanced-method-evaluation.md))
- **KNN & Feature Selection from Scratch** ([/projects/clustering/custom-clustering.md](https://tablerus.es/projects/clustering/custom-clustering.md))