[R] Difference between Lloyd and Forgy algorithms used in R built-in kmeans clustering function

[Pascal Oettli]

Hi,

A 5-second search on Internet brought me here:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Data_Mining_Algorithms_In_R/Clustering/K-Means

Regards,
Pascal


On 20/06/13 15:57, Safiye Celik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anybody know the difference between the Lloyd and Forgy algorithms
> specified for R's kmeans clustering options? I know how Lloyd works, but I
> cannot access Forgy's paper and could not find any specific information on
> the web about how it really differs from Lloyd's method.
>
> I appreciate your help. Thanks!
>