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Published inNov 2017
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ISBN-139781787286382
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Trent Hauck
Trent Hauck
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Trent Hauck

Trent Hauck is a data scientist living and working in the Seattle area. He grew up in Wichita, Kansas and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Kansas. He is the author of the book Instant Data Intensive Apps with pandas How-to, Packt Publishing—a book that can get you up to speed quickly with pandas and other associated technologies.
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Using k-means for outlier detection

In this recipe, we'll look at both the debate and mechanics of k-means for outlier detection. It can be useful to isolate some types of errors, but care should be taken when using it.

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We'll use k-means to do outlier detection on a cluster of points. It's important to note that there are many camps when it comes to outliers and outlier detection. On one hand, we're potentially removing points that were generated by the data-generating process by removing outliers. On the other hand, outliers can be due to a measurement error or some other outside factor.

This is the most credence we'll give to the debate. The rest of this recipe is about finding outliers...

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Published in: Nov 2017Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781787286382

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Trent Hauck

Trent Hauck is a data scientist living and working in the Seattle area. He grew up in Wichita, Kansas and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Kansas. He is the author of the book Instant Data Intensive Apps with pandas How-to, Packt Publishing—a book that can get you up to speed quickly with pandas and other associated technologies.
Read more about Trent Hauck