Gom cm : khi nim : tp cc i tng DL c nhiu im chung .

+ l qu trnh gom nhng i tng thnh nhm/cm / lp c ngha +cc i tng trong mt nhm c nhiu tnh cht chung , khc vi nhng nhm khc. + khc vi bi ton phn lp : gom cp khng bit trc cc nhm. cm/ lp +khng i hi phi nh ngha trc cc mu d liu hun luyn . + im d liu thuc v hn mt cm s khc bit : Phn lp : hc c gim st(supervised learning) + tm pp d on lp ca mu mi trn cc mu gn nhn trc(phn lp trc) Gom cm : hc khng gim st(insupervised learning) + tm cc nhm / cm t nhin ca mu -cha k gn nhn. ng dng : Nhn dng X l nh khoa hc kinh t

cc phng php gom cm : phn hoch (thut ton K-means,Thut ton PAM (k-medoids),CLARA ), phn cp (BIRCH,C ), da trn mt (DBSCAN,OPTICS,DENCLUE), li, m hnh rng buc.