Visualizing Metaclusters

Abstract

Metaclustering results in many alternate clusterings of a single data set, only a few of which may be useful to a specific user. Examining clusterings often is difficult, and asking a user to search through many different clusterings to find the ones most useful for their purposes usually is not feasible. This brief report describes a method for visualizing metaclusters (groups of similar clusterings) in a single image, making it easier for users to browse and understand the clusterings