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K-Means Clustering From Scratch
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K-Means Clustering From Scratch

HardPython

Problem

Implement a function to perform k-means clustering from scratch.

Use squared Euclidean distance, assign ties to the lowest-indexed centroid, and stop when assignments stabilize or max_iters is reached. Empty clusters must retain their previous centroid.

Signature: def k_means(points, k, max_iters, initial_centroids):. Return (assignments, centroids), where assignments is a list of cluster indices and centroids is a list of coordinate lists.

Constraints

  • 1 <= len(points) <= 1000
  • 1 <= k <= len(points)
  • 1 <= len(initial_centroids) = k
  • 1 <= len(points[i]) <= 20
  • All points and centroids have the same dimensionality
  • 1 <= max_iters <= 100
  • Coordinates are finite integers or floating-point values

Function Signature

def k_means(points, k, max_iters, initial_centroids):
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