# sklearn.cluster.k_means¶

sklearn.cluster.k_means(X, n_clusters, *, sample_weight=None, init='k-means++', n_init=10, max_iter=300, verbose=False, tol=0.0001, random_state=None, copy_x=True, algorithm='lloyd', return_n_iter=False)[source]

Perform K-means clustering algorithm.

Read more in the User Guide.

Parameters
X{array-like, sparse matrix} of shape (n_samples, n_features)

The observations to cluster. It must be noted that the data will be converted to C ordering, which will cause a memory copy if the given data is not C-contiguous.

n_clustersint

The number of clusters to form as well as the number of centroids to generate.

sample_weightarray-like of shape (n_samples,), default=None

The weights for each observation in X. If None, all observations are assigned equal weight.

init{‘k-means++’, ‘random’}, callable or array-like of shape (n_clusters, n_features), default=’k-means++’

Method for initialization:

• 'k-means++' : selects initial cluster centers for k-mean clustering in a smart way to speed up convergence. See section Notes in k_init for more details.

• 'random': choose n_clusters observations (rows) at random from data for the initial centroids.

• If an array is passed, it should be of shape (n_clusters, n_features) and gives the initial centers.

• If a callable is passed, it should take arguments X, n_clusters and a random state and return an initialization.

n_initint, default=10

Number of time the k-means algorithm will be run with different centroid seeds. The final results will be the best output of n_init consecutive runs in terms of inertia.

max_iterint, default=300

Maximum number of iterations of the k-means algorithm to run.

verbosebool, default=False

Verbosity mode.

tolfloat, default=1e-4

Relative tolerance with regards to Frobenius norm of the difference in the cluster centers of two consecutive iterations to declare convergence.

random_stateint, RandomState instance or None, default=None

Determines random number generation for centroid initialization. Use an int to make the randomness deterministic. See Glossary.

copy_xbool, default=True

When pre-computing distances it is more numerically accurate to center the data first. If copy_x is True (default), then the original data is not modified. If False, the original data is modified, and put back before the function returns, but small numerical differences may be introduced by subtracting and then adding the data mean. Note that if the original data is not C-contiguous, a copy will be made even if copy_x is False. If the original data is sparse, but not in CSR format, a copy will be made even if copy_x is False.

algorithm{“lloyd”, “elkan”, “auto”, “full”}, default=”lloyd”

K-means algorithm to use. The classical EM-style algorithm is "lloyd". The "elkan" variation can be more efficient on some datasets with well-defined clusters, by using the triangle inequality. However it’s more memory intensive due to the allocation of an extra array of shape (n_samples, n_clusters).

"auto" and "full" are deprecated and they will be removed in Scikit-Learn 1.3. They are both aliases for "lloyd".

Changed in version 0.18: Added Elkan algorithm

Changed in version 1.1: Renamed “full” to “lloyd”, and deprecated “auto” and “full”. Changed “auto” to use “lloyd” instead of “elkan”.

return_n_iterbool, default=False

Whether or not to return the number of iterations.

Returns
centroidndarray of shape (n_clusters, n_features)

Centroids found at the last iteration of k-means.

labelndarray of shape (n_samples,)

The label[i] is the code or index of the centroid the i’th observation is closest to.

inertiafloat

The final value of the inertia criterion (sum of squared distances to the closest centroid for all observations in the training set).

best_n_iterint

Number of iterations corresponding to the best results. Returned only if return_n_iter is set to True.