16. [Quiz] DBSCAN

Which inputs does the DBSCAN algorithm expect us to pass to it?
SOLUTION:
  • Epsilon - the distance that defines each point's neighborhood
  • MinPts/min_samples - the number of points in a neighborhood for a point to be regarded as a core point

Which of the following is a good reason to use DBSCAN?
SOLUTION:
  • Clustering a dataset based on point density
  • Identifying noise in a dataset