# \#k-means

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## [Clustering.jl Silhouettes Distances](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/clustering-jl-silhouettes-distances/33810)

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**Author:** [@mthelm85](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mthelm85)\
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**Last updated:** [July 18, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/clustering-jl-silhouettes-distances/33810 "2022-07-18T11:04:03Z")

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The docs state: Note that si≤1, and that si is close to 1 when the i-th point lies well within its own cluster. This property allows using mean(silhouettes(assignments, counts, X)) as a measure of clustering quality. H…