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Why does centroid drift occur in online K-Means?
Updated May 16, 2026
Short answer
Centroid drift happens because incremental updates depend on recent batches rather than full dataset distribution.
Deep explanation
In online updates, each batch influences centroid positions disproportionately if data is not uniformly distributed. This causes shifting cluster centers that may not reflect global structure.
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