K-Means Clustering in Python - ML From Scratch 12
Implement a K-Means algorithm using only built-in Python modules and numpy, and learn about the math behind this popular ML algorithm.
In this Machine Learning from Scratch Tutorial, we are going to implement a K-Means algorithm using only built-in Python modules and numpy. We will also learn about the concept and the math behind this popular ML algorithm.
All algorithms from this course can be found on GitHub together with example tests.
Implementation¶
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
np.random.seed(42)
def euclidean_distance(x1, x2):
return np.sqrt(np.sum((x1 - x2)**2))
class KMeans():
def __init__(self, K=5, max_iters=100, plot_steps=False):
self.K = K
self.max_iters = max_iters
self.plot_steps = plot_steps
# list of sample indices for each cluster
self.clusters = [[] for _ in range(self.K)]
# the centers (mean feature vector) for each cluster
self.centroids = []
def predict(self, X):
self.X = X
self.n_samples, self.n_features = X.shape
# initialize
random_sample_idxs = np.random.choice(self.n_samples, self.K, replace=False)
self.centroids = [self.X[idx] for idx in random_sample_idxs]
# Optimize clusters
for _ in range(self.max_iters):
# Assign samples to closest centroids (create clusters)
self.clusters = self._create_clusters(self.centroids)
if self.plot_steps:
self.plot()
# Calculate new centroids from the clusters
centroids_old = self.centroids
self.centroids = self._get_centroids(self.clusters)
# check if clusters have changed
if self._is_converged(centroids_old, self.centroids):
break
if self.plot_steps:
self.plot()
# Classify samples as the index of their clusters
return self._get_cluster_labels(self.clusters)
def _get_cluster_labels(self, clusters):
# each sample will get the label of the cluster it was assigned to
labels = np.empty(self.n_samples)
for cluster_idx, cluster in enumerate(clusters):
for sample_index in cluster:
labels[sample_index] = cluster_idx
return labels
def _create_clusters(self, centroids):
# Assign the samples to the closest centroids to create clusters
clusters = [[] for _ in range(self.K)]
for idx, sample in enumerate(self.X):
centroid_idx = self._closest_centroid(sample, centroids)
clusters[centroid_idx].append(idx)
return clusters
def _closest_centroid(self, sample, centroids):
# distance of the current sample to each centroid
distances = [euclidean_distance(sample, point) for point in centroids]
closest_index = np.argmin(distances)
return closest_index
def _get_centroids(self, clusters):
# assign mean value of clusters to centroids
centroids = np.zeros((self.K, self.n_features))
for cluster_idx, cluster in enumerate(clusters):
cluster_mean = np.mean(self.X[cluster], axis=0)
centroids[cluster_idx] = cluster_mean
return centroids
def _is_converged(self, centroids_old, centroids):
# distances between each old and new centroids, fol all centroids
distances = [euclidean_distance(centroids_old[i], centroids[i]) for i in range(self.K)]
return sum(distances) == 0
def plot(self):
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(12, 8))
for i, index in enumerate(self.clusters):
point = self.X[index].T
ax.scatter(*point)
for point in self.centroids:
ax.scatter(*point, marker="x", color='black', linewidth=2)
plt.show()
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