How to determine the K value for k-means algorithm?

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How do I determine k when using k-means clustering?

How can we determine the value of K(the number of clusters) for the k-means algorithm ??

**Use the search function!** This is probably the one most frequently asked question about k-means. — Has QUIT--Anony-Mousse, Jul 06 '12 at 19:33

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Sometimes.

There are various methods, that usually require trying different values of k and measuring which worked best.

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