⚡ C++ Clustering Library

This library offers a highly efficient implementation of the DBSCAN (Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise) clustering algorithm (more algorithms will be added later) in C++. Designed for high-performance applications, it efficiently handles large datasets, making it ideal for machine learning, data mining, and complex data analysis tasks.

Features

• Highly Efficient: Utilizes the speed and efficiency of C++ for rapid clustering operations.
• Any Point Dimension Support: Capable of processing data with any number of dimensions.
• Kd-Tree Implementation: Leverages kd-trees for efficient handling of multi-dimensional data.
• Multithreading Capabilities: Exploits parallel processing to handle large datasets swiftly.
• Scalable and Versatile: Excellently suited for large datasets and adaptable for various clustering scenarios.
• User-friendly: Simple interface for seamless integration into C++ based projects.

Installation

C++ 20 compiler is required.

(Recommended) Add to your CMake:

CPMAddPackage(
    NAME clustering
    GITHUB_REPOSITORY Lallapallooza/clustering
    GIT_TAG 0.0.1 # Choose tag 
    OPTIONS "CLUSTERING_USE_AVX2 ON"
)
target_link_libraries(MyTargetName PRIVATE clustering_header_lib)

Or clone the repository and include it in your project:

git clone git@github.com:Lallapallooza/clustering.git

Then in your CMake:

add_subdirectory(clustering)
target_link_libraries(MyTargetName PRIVATE clustering_header_lib)

Examples

The API is simple and intuitive. Here's how to cluster a set of points:

#include "clustering/dbscan.h"

int main() {
  NDArray<float, 2> points({numPoints, dimensions});
  fillPoints(points); // Fill points with data
  
  DBSCAN<float> dbscan(points, eps, minPts, n_jobs);
  dbscan.run();
  
  std::cout << "Labels size: " << dbscan.labels().size() << std::endl;
  std::cout << "Number of clusters: " << dbscan.nClusters() << std::endl;
  
  return 0;
}

Performance

The graphics below show the performance compared to the scikit-learn implementation using the KD-Tree. In summary, the CPU time results are generally several times better, but this can vary based on data configuration and number of jobs. For memory efficiency, this library significantly outperforms scikit-learn.

To run your own benchmark:

cd tools
./bench.sh --binary=path/to/build/clustering_demo --n_points=1024,4096,16384,100000 --n_dims=2,3,10,50,100 --n_jobs=100500

CPU Performance with 1 Job CPU Performance with 24 Job PCA-based Cluster Visualization

TODO

• Add more benchmarks for comprehensive performance analysis.
• Support pairwise matrix query model.
• KMeans
• HDBSCAN
• EM
• Spectral Clustering