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  • Variable selection is crucial for effective clustering.
  • Existing methods include model selection and regularization approaches.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the performance of model selection and regularization methods for variable selection in clustering.
  • To evaluate their accuracy in both classification and variable selection tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Simulation study comparing Maugis et al. (model selection) and Witten and Tibshirani (regularization) methods.
  • Experiments conducted with conditionally independent and correlated variables within clusters.

Main Results:

  • Variable selection significantly improved classification accuracy for well-separated clusters.
  • Model selection demonstrated superior accuracy in variable selection compared to regularization.
  • In correlated data, model selection outperformed regularization in both classification and variable selection.

Conclusions:

  • Model selection is a highly effective approach for variable selection in clustering, particularly with correlated data.
  • The model selection approach is not suitable for very high-dimensional data.
  • Both variable selection methods outperformed standard K-means clustering.