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DBSCAN

A density-based clustering algorithm that groups together closely packed points while marking points that lie alone in low-density regions as noise outliers.

Think of It Like This

Like finding cities on a map by looking for areas with many buildings close together, while ignoring isolated cabins in the middle of nowhere.

Unlike K-Means, DBSCAN does not require specifying the number of clusters in advance and can discover clusters of arbitrary shapes. It relies on two parameters: the neighborhood radius and the minimum number of points required to form a dense region. This makes it highly effective for spatial data analysis and robust against noisy datasets.