Multi-view Weighted Kernel Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm Based on the Collaboration of Visible and Hidden Views

Abstract

With the development of media technology, data types that cluster analysis needs to face become more and more complicated. One of the more typical problems is the clustering of multi-view data sets. Existing clustering methods are difficult to handle such data well. To remedy this deficiency, a multi-view weighted kernel fuzzy clustering method with collaborative evident and concealed views (MV-Co-KFCM) is put forward. To begin with, the hidden shared information is extracted from several different views of the data set by means of non-negative matrix factorization, then applied to this iterative process of clustering. This not only takes advantage of the difference information in distinct views, but also utilizes the consistency knowledge in distinct views. This pre-processing algorithm of extracting hidden information from multiple views (EHI-MV) is obtained. Furthermore, in order to coordinate different views during the iteration, a weight is distributed. In addition, so as to regulate the weight adaptively, shannon entropy regularization term is also introduced. Entropy can be maximized as far as possible by minimizing the objective function, thus MV-Co-KFCM algorithm is proposed. Facing 5 multi-view databases and comparing with 6 current leading algorithms, it is found that the algorithm which we put forward is more excellent as for 5 clustering validity indexes.