rectify error in kmeans

i wanted to do kmeans clustering in mammogram image.... i took the datavector of the image and gave as input to kmeans.... when i execute the code error is displayed as...."An empty cluster error occurred in every replicate.".... what should i do to rectify this error....

Answer 1

[Tom Lane]

The kmeans function has an option 'EmptyAction' that you could try. With this option you can request that, if a cluster becomes empty, the function either accept a smaller number of clusters or create a new one from a point that is relatively far from the others.

[Elysi Cochin]

thank u sir....

Answer 2

[Greg Heath]

Reduce k by 1.

Hope this helps.

Thank you for formally accepting my answer.

Greg

[Elysi Cochin]

no sir i didnt get it.... still that error....