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Explainable DBSCAN

Explainable DBSCAN pairs the DBSCAN density-based clustering algorithm with post-hoc interpretability methods — most commonly SHAP values or local surrogate models — to reveal which input features drive the algorithm's cluster and noise assignments. It enables analysts to understand why specific points were grouped together or flagged as outliers, bridging the gap between powerful density-based partitioning and human-readable explanation.

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  1. Ester, M., Kriegel, H.-P., Sander, J., & Xu, X. (1996). A density-based algorithm for discovering clusters in large spatial databases with noise. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD-96), 226–231. AAAI Press. link
  2. Lundberg, S. M., & Lee, S.-I. (2017). A unified approach to interpreting model predictions. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 30. Curran Associates. link

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ScholarGateExplainable DBSCAN (Explainable Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/machine-learning/explainable-dbscan