K-Means Clustering Intuition: How Groups Are Created

Data Scientist 8 min min read Updated: Mar 05, 2026
K-Means Clustering Intuition: How Groups Are Created
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K-Means Clustering

K-Means is one of the simplest clustering algorithms.

How It Works

  • Choose number of clusters (K)
  • Assign points to nearest centroid
  • Update centroids
  • Repeat until stable

K-Means is widely used in marketing segmentation and recommendation systems.

Related: Elbow Method

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