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A Short Survey on Data Clustering Algorithms
With rapidly increasing data, clustering algorithms are important tools for
data analytics in modern research. They have been successfully applied to a
wide range of domains; for instance, bioinformatics, speech recognition, and
financial analysis. Formally speaking, given a set of data instances, a
clustering algorithm is expected to divide the set of data instances into the
subsets which maximize the intra-subset similarity and inter-subset
dissimilarity, where a similarity measure is defined beforehand. In this work,
the state-of-the-arts clustering algorithms are reviewed from design concept to
methodology; Different clustering paradigms are discussed. Advanced clustering
algorithms are also discussed. After that, the existing clustering evaluation
metrics are reviewed. A summary with future insights is provided at the end
Theory and implementation of -matrix based iterative and direct solvers for Helmholtz and elastodynamic oscillatory kernels
In this work, we study the accuracy and efficiency of hierarchical matrix
(-matrix) based fast methods for solving dense linear systems
arising from the discretization of the 3D elastodynamic Green's tensors. It is
well known in the literature that standard -matrix based methods,
although very efficient tools for asymptotically smooth kernels, are not
optimal for oscillatory kernels. -matrix and directional
approaches have been proposed to overcome this problem. However the
implementation of such methods is much more involved than the standard
-matrix representation. The central questions we address are
twofold. (i) What is the frequency-range in which the -matrix
format is an efficient representation for 3D elastodynamic problems? (ii) What
can be expected of such an approach to model problems in mechanical
engineering? We show that even though the method is not optimal (in the sense
that more involved representations can lead to faster algorithms) an efficient
solver can be easily developed. The capabilities of the method are illustrated
on numerical examples using the Boundary Element Method
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