Weight consistency and cluster diversity based concept factorization for multi-view clustering

In the era of information explosion, clustering analysis of multi-view data plays a crucial role in revealing the intrinsic structures of data. Despite the advancements in existing multi-view clustering methods for processing complex data, they often overlook the weight differences among various views and the diversity between clusters. To address the issues, the paper introduces a novel multi-view clustering approach termed weight consistency and cluster diversity based concept factorization for multi-view clustering (MVCF-WD). Specifically, the proposed method automatically learns the weights of the views, and incorporates a cluster diversity term to enhance the discriminability of clusters. Furthermore, to solve the formulated optimization model, an iterative optimization algorithm based on multiplication rules is developed and the convergence is analyzed. Extensive experiments conducted across seven datasets compared with ten state-of-the-art clustering algorithms demonstrate the superior clustering performance of the proposed method.