In the last five blog posts, I have discussed the basics of Clustering and then, K-Means clustering in detail. In my "Introduction to Clustering Algorithms" I have introduced you to many categories of clustering algorithms. We have also seen that K-Means is a centroid based algorithm and hierarchical clustering is a connectivity-based algorithm. Today we shall delve deeper into Hierarchical clustering. Why Hierarchical Clustering? In K-Means, when we saw some of the practical

Now that we have understood the basics of K-Means Clustering, let us dive a little deeper today. Let us look at one practical problem and the solution Problem Statement An NGO that is committed to fighting poverty in backward countries by providing basic amenities and relief during disasters and natural calamities has got a round of funding. It needs to utilise this money strategically to have the maximum impact. So, we need to be able to choose the countries that are in dire