Hierarchical Clustering in Machine Learning - Analytics Vidhya

This article was published as a part of the Data Science Blogathon. Hierarchical clustering is one of the most famous clustering techniques used in unsupervised machine learning. K-means and hierarchical clustering are the two most popular and effective clustering algorithms. The working mechanism they apply in the backend allows them to provide such a high level of performance. In this article, we will discuss hierarchical clustering and its types, its working mechanisms, its core intuition, the pros and cons of using this clustering strategy and conclude with some fundamentals to remember for this practice.