SPECTRAL RELATIONAL CLUSTERING, MULTI-TYPE RELATIONAL DATA, COLLECTIVE FACTOR ON RELATED MATRICES

   
 

LEAD INVENTOR:

Zhongfei Zhang

TEAM MEMBERS:

Bo Long

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Scott Hancock
Assistant Director for Lcensing

Tel: 607-777-5874
Fax: 607-777-5788
shancock@binghamton.edu

DESCRIPTION:

A set of algorithms based on te collective factorization on related matrices approach.  Spectral Relational Clustering discovers hidden structures of mutli-types of objects.  Makes simultaneous use of both feature and relation information.  Illustrative applications include analytics, market basket shopping patterns, and detection of terrorist associations.

 

ADVANTAGES:

  • Works with real-world data sets involving objects of multiple types

 

  • Reveals not only local but global hidden structures

 

PATENT STATUS:

Patent Pending