Improved Self-Adaptive ACS Algorithm to Determine the Optimal Number of Clusters

A fundamental problem in data clustering is how to determine the correct number of clusters. The k-adaptive medoid set ant colony optimization (ACO) clustering (METACOC-K) algorithm is superior in solving clustering problems. However, METACOC-K does not guarantee in finding the best number of clusters. It assumed the number of clusters based on an adaptive parameter strategy that lacks...