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# scipy.cluster.vq.kmeans2

`scipy.cluster.vq.``kmeans2`(data, k, iter=10, thresh=1e-05, minit='random', missing='warn', check_finite=True)

  Classify a set of observations into k clusters using the k-means algorithm.

  The algorithm attempts to minimize the Euclidian distance between observations and centroids. Several initialization methods are included.

  Parameters: | data : ndarray A ‘M’ by ‘N’ array of ‘M’ observations in ‘N’ dimensions or a length ‘M’ array of ‘M’ one-dimensional observations. k : int or ndarray The number of clusters to form as well as the number of centroids to generate. If minit initialization string is ‘matrix’, or if a ndarray is given instead, it is interpreted as initial cluster to use instead. iter : int, optional Number of iterations of the k-means algrithm to run. Note that this differs in meaning from the iters parameter to the kmeans function. thresh : float, optional (not used yet) minit : str, optional Method for initialization. Available methods are ‘random’, ‘points’, and ‘matrix’: ‘random’: generate k centroids from a Gaussian with mean and variance estimated from the data. ‘points’: choose k observations (rows) at random from data for the initial centroids. ‘matrix’: interpret the k parameter as a k by M (or length k array for one-dimensional data) array of initial centroids. missing : str, optional Method to deal with empty clusters. Available methods are ‘warn’ and ‘raise’: ‘warn’: give a warning and continue. ‘raise’: raise an ClusterError and terminate the algorithm. check_finite : bool, optional Whether to check that the input matrices contain only finite numbers. Disabling may give a performance gain, but may result in problems (crashes, non-termination) if the inputs do contain infinities or NaNs. Default: True
  Returns: | centroid : ndarray A ‘k’ by ‘N’ array of centroids found at the last iteration of k-means. label : ndarray label[i] is the code or index of the centroid the i’th observation is closest to.