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  - Variations of _K-Means_
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# Variations of _K-Means_

- There are many variants of the _K-Means_ method, varying in different aspects
  - Choosing better initial centroid estimates
    - _[[K-means++]]_, _Intelligent K-Means_, _Genetic K-Means_
  - Choosing different representative prototypes for the clusters
    - _[[K-Medoids]]_, _[[K-Medians]]_, _[[K-Modes]]_
  - Applying feature transformation techniques
    - _Weighted K-Means_, _[[Kernel K-Means]]_