topic Re: Modified Clustering Mechanism in Spatial Statistics Questions

Modified Clustering Mechanism

PaulPrevedoros1 — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 05:20:44 GMT

Has anyone tried a modified clustering method.

What I am trying to do is to map settlement pattern of archaeological sites. The clustering algorithm use Euclidean distances. However what I want to do is to modify the clustering to use cost distance as the distance between the points.

I suspect this will produce different cluster patterns accounting for terrain, road network, and barriers.

Has anyone done this or have any suggestions, do I have go into the unknown by myself

Cheers

Re: Modified Clustering Mechanism

DanPatterson — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:04:31 GMT

How Multivariate Clustering works—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

How Spatially Constrained Multivariate Clustering works—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Do you have an attribute that you could throw into the mix to modify the result? What "cost" are you thinking about? Is there some directionality in your observations?

Re: Modified Clustering Mechanism

PaulPrevedoros1 — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 23:51:53 GMT

I have gone the process of doing the QQ process of the of cost distance to all other point (limited search) so I need to create the algorithm to do the next step, I was hoping to avoid this, since I am also .. sort of retired The mathematical brain doesn't work as well as it used to.

... sort of retired the second