Silhouette Analysis Demystified: A Quantitative Look at Clustering Quality

We break down how to tell if your clusters are truly meaningful. Learn the core ideas behind silhouette analysis: A(I) as the intra-cluster distance, B(I) as the nearest inter-cluster distance, and the silhouette value S(I) that compares them. Discover how the average silhouette width helps judge overall clustering quality, how to pick the number of clusters using the silhouette coefficient, and how edge cases like single-point clusters are handled. We also cover practical variations—simplified silhouette and medoid silhouette—that speed up computation or align with k-medoids clustering.

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