Clustering using Gower's Distance
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Hello all, I have a dataset that includes both categorical and numerical features, and I'm looking to perform clustering on it. I've read that Gower's Distance (code is available) is suitable for handling mixed data types. However, I am getting an "isnan" error. How can I fix the problem? Thanks for the help.
DataSet = readtable("Test.xlsx", 'ReadVariableNames', true);
GowerDst = gower(DataSet);
[Idx, C] = kmedoids(DataSet, 2, 'Distance', GowerDst);
Error using isnan
Invalid data type. Argument must be numeric, char, or logical.
Error in kmedoids (line 220)
wasnan = any(isnan(X),2);
^^^^^^^^
Error in Gower_Distance (line 9)
[Idx, C] = kmedoids(DataSet, 2, 'Distance', GowerDst);
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the cyclist
2025-7-22
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MB
2025-7-22
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To use a distance that is not implemented, you have to define a function handle. Since I guess that GowerDst is not a function handle, MATLAB errors.
Look at the documentation for "kmedoids" for more details:
@distfun
Custom distance function handle. A distance function has the form
function D2 = distfun(ZI,ZJ)
% calculation of distance
...where
- ZI is a 1-by-n vector containing a single observation.
- ZJ is an m2-by-n matrix containing multiple observations. distfun must accept a matrix ZJ with an arbitrary number of observations.
- D2 is an m2-by-1 vector of distances, and D2(k) is the distance between observations ZI and ZJ(k,:).
If your data is not sparse, you can generally compute distance more quickly by using a built-in distance instead of a function handle.
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See Edward Barnard's answer here:
I suggest you test whether it's correct for implemented distances once by supplying the distance matrix as below, second by using the 'Distance','...' option and comparing the results.
Or take a look at
DataSet = readtable("Test.xlsx", 'ReadVariableNames', true);
GowerDst = gower(DataSet);
K = 2;
N = 18;
[idx, C, sumd] = kmedoids((1:N)', K, 'Distance', @(ZI, ZJ) GowerDst(ZJ, ZI));
function D = gower(data)
[n, p] = size(data);
D = zeros(n, n);
for i = 1:p
column = data{:, i};
if isnumeric(column)
range = max(column) - min(column);
if range == 0
continue;
end
d = abs(column - column') / range;
elseif iscell(column) || iscategorical(column) || isobject(column)
d = zeros(n, n);
for j = 1:n
for k = 1:n
d(j,k) = ~isequal(column{j}, column{k});
end
end
else
warning('Skipping column %d: unsupported data type', i);
continue;
end
D = D + d;
end
D = D / p;
end
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