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Traditional multiview clustering relies on manually-designed optimization problems based on prior interpretable knowledge to cluster objects with similar attributes, but it may be hindered by limited feature extraction capability. In contrast, deep multiview clustering overcomes this limitation by utilizing learning-based nonlinear transformations for clustering, but it may be restricted by model interpretability caused by blackbox networks. Besides, previous multiview clustering methods only consider homogeneous or heterogeneous situations, resulting in restricted scalability and generalizability. To address the aforementioned issues, we design a universal interpretable clustering framework that accommodates both homogeneous and heterogeneous multiview scenarios. To realize this purpose: 1) we revisit the interpretable knowledge-driven design architecture of traditional multiview methods and formulate clustering optimization problems on multiview data attributes in homogeneous scenarios; 2) the optimization problem is leveraged to derive network modules that learn shared and self-expressive representations for clustering, with the practical meaning of each network component providing model design-level interpretability; 3) the proposed method is extended from homogeneous to heterogeneous scenarios, enhancing its universality for a broader spectrum of multiview clustering tasks; and 4) tailored training loss for the clustering task is employed to inversely enhance the affinity between objects with similar attributes. Extensive experimental results on both homogeneous and heterogeneous multiview datasets demonstrate the superior effectiveness and adaptability of the proposed framework compared to state-of-the-art clustering methods.
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SYSTEMS
ISSN: 2329-924X
Year: 2025
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