Melnykov, IgorMelnykov, Volodymyr2017-12-142017-12-142014-01-01Igor Melnykov, Volodymyr Melnykov, On K-means algorithm with the use of Mahalanobis distances, In Statistics & Probability Letters, Volume 84, 2014, Pages 88-9501677152https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167715213003246http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/2887Abstract The K-means algorithm is commonly used with the Euclidean metric. While the use of Mahalanobis distances seems to be a straightforward extension of the algorithm, the initial estimation of covariance matrices can be complicated. We propose a novel approach for initializing covariance matrices.enK-means algorithmMahalanobis distanceInitializationArticleCopyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.