Comments on 'Parallel Algorithms for Hierarchical Clustering and Cluster Validity'

  • Authors:
  • Fionn Murtagh

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
  • Year:
  • 1992

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Abstract

In the above-titled paper, parallel implementations of hierarchical clustering algorithms that achieve O(n/sup 2/) computational time complexity and thereby improve on the baseline of sequential implementations are described. The latter are stated to be O(n/sup 3/), with the exception of the single-link method. The commenter points out that state-of-the-art hierarchical clustering algorithms have O(n/sup 2/) time complexity and should be referred to in preference to the O(n/sup 3/) algorithms, which were described in many texts in the 1970s. Some further references in the parallelizing of hierarchic clustering algorithms are provided.