From outliers to prototypes: Ordering data

S Harmeling, G Dornhege, DMJ Tax, F Meinecke, K-R Müller

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Abstract

We propose simple and fast methods based on nearest neighbors that order objects from high-dimensional data sets from typical points to untypical points. On the one hand, we show that these easy-to-compute orderings allow us to detect outliers (i.e. very untypical points) with a performance comparable to or better than other often much more sophisticated methods. On the other hand, we show how to use these orderings to detect prototypes (very typical points) which facilitate exploratory data analysis algorithms such as noisy nonlinear dimensionality reduction and clustering. Comprehensive experiments demonstrate the validity of our approach. Keywords: Outlier detection; Novelty detection; Ordering; Noisy dimensionality reduction; Clustering; Nearest neighbors
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)1608-1618
Number of pages11
JournalNeurocomputing
Volume69
Issue number13-15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006

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  • CWTS 0.75 <= JFIS < 2.00

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