<p>During a Machine Learning course which I have done I have learnt about the K means algorithm. Is it possible to use the principals of K means within a neural network?</p>

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2020-07-16T03:13:33.560Z
Do you know what a neural network is? Or are you asking if a neural network can be used to cluster?
nbro
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2020-07-16T03:31:53.963Z
I do know what neural networks are, what I am asking is if you are able to use the principals of K means (the choosing of the cluster centroids and the updating of the centroids position) and use those principals in order to find the optimal centroid position via a neural network.
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2020-07-16T07:54:44.327Z
Yes it is possible, here is a paper that describes the process: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1808.07292.pdf
razvanc92
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2020-07-16T21:15:39.333Z
@razvanc92 Feel free to provide a formal answer below. Maybe you could just summarize their abstract or so if you are not familiar with the paper.
nbro
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Would it be possible to implement the principals of the K means clustering algorithm in a Neural Network
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# Would it be possible to implement the principals of the K means clustering algorithm in a Neural Network

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-07-16)

During a Machine Learning course which I have done I have learnt about the K means algorithm. Is it possible to use the principals of K means within a neural network?

**Tags:** neural-networks, clustering, k-means

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Do you know what a neural network is? Or are you asking if a neural network can be used to cluster?  
> **username_0**: I do know what neural networks are, what I am asking is if you are able to use the principals of K means (the choosing of the cluster centroids and the updating of the centroids position) and use those principals in order to find the optimal centroid position via a neural network.  
> **username_2**: Yes it is possible, here is a paper that describes the process: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1808.07292.pdf  
> **username_1**: @username_2 Feel free to provide a formal answer below. Maybe you could just summarize their abstract or so if you are not familiar with the paper.  

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