Strong Consistency of Factorial K-means Clustering

Abstract

Factorial k-means (FKM) clustering is a method for clustering objects in a low-dimensional subspace. The advantage of this method is that the partition of objects and the low-dimensional subspace reflecting the cluster structure are obtained, simultaneously. Conditions that ensure the almost sure convergence of the estimator of FKM clustering as the sample size increases unboundedly are derived. The result is proved for a more general model including FKM clustering.