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Table 6 Compactness of the maps used in our study. A higher value indicates a solution with more compact clusters. C1 and C2 show the indices for the first and second map, respectively

From: Learning to cluster urban areas: two competitive approaches and an empirical validation

H1: SOCIAL WINS ALL

C1

C2

N1

N2

Frac. of Pref.

GMM, SOCIAL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

GMM, ALL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,297

0,192

46

26

0,639

DMON, SOCIAL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

DMON, ALL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,317

0,274

35

36

0,493

GMM, SOCIAL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

GMM. ALL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

0,498

0,433

49

29

0,628

DMON, SOCIAL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

DMON, ALL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

0,499

0,494

39

40

0,494

GMM, SOCIAL, BLOCK, LOCAL

GMM, ALL, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,405

0,366

34

22

0,607

DMON, SOCIAL, BLOCK, LOCAL

DMON, ALL, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,386

0,394

30

27

0,526

GMM, SOCIAL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

GMM, ALL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

0,912

0,860

35

26

0,574

DMON, SOCIAL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

DMON, ALL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

0,923

0,933

26

30

0,464

    

294

236

 

H2: DMON WINS GMM

C1

C2

N1

N2

Frac. of Pref.

DMON, SOCIAL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

GMM, SOCIAL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,317

0,297

29

49

0,372

DMON, VISUAL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

GMM, VISUAL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,122

0,081

48

25

0,658

DMON, LAND USE, BLOCK, GLOBAL

GMM, LAND USE, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,276

0,167

45

27

0,625

DMON, ALL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

GMM, ALL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,274

0,192

53

20

0,726

DMON, SOCIAL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

GMM, SOCIAL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

0,499

0,498

36

40

0,474

DMON, VISUAL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

GMM, VISUAL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

0,468

0,288

27

43

0,386

DMON, LAND USE, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

GMM, LAND USE, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

0,420

0,334

32

39

0,451

DMON, ALL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

GMM, ALL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

0,494

0,433

31

39

0,443

DMON, SOCIAL, BLOCK, LOCAL

GMM, SOCIAL, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,386

0,405

27

30

0,474

DMON, VISUAL, BLOCK, LOCAL

GMM, VISUAL, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,413

0,223

24

24

0,500

DMON, LAND USE, BLOCK, LOCAL

GMM, LAND USE, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,346

0,317

21

32

0,396

DMON, ALL, BLOCK, LOCAL

GMM, ALL, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,394

0,366

34

23

0,596

DMON, SOCIAL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

GMM, SOCIAL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

0,923

0,912

36

28

0,563

DMON, VISUAL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

GMM, VISUAL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

0,788

0,846

36

25

0,590

DMON, LAND USE, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

GMM, LAND USE, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

0,874

0,793

38

21

0,644

DMON, ALL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

GMM, ALL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

0,933

0,860

34

17

0,667

    

551

482

 

H3: INDIVIDUAL WINS BLOCKS

C1

C2

N1

N2

Frac. of Pref.

GMM, SOCIAL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

GMM, SOCIAL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,498

0,297

31

19

0,620

DMON, SOCIAL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

DMON, SOCIAL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,499

0,317

27

20

0,574

GMM, VISUAL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

GMM, VISUAL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,288

0,081

34

10

0,773

DMON, VISUAL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

DMON, VISUAL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,468

0,122

34

18

0,654

GMM, LAND USE, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

GMM, LAND USE, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,334

0,167

25

22

0,532

DMON, LAND USE, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

DMON, LAND USE, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,420

0,276

18

24

0,429

GMM, ALL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

GMM, ALL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,433

0,192

25

20

0,556

DMON, ALL, INDIVIDUAL, GLOBAL

DMON, ALL, BLOCK, GLOBAL

0,494

0,274

24

27

0,471

GMM, SOCIAL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

GMM, SOCIAL, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,912

0,405

37

23

0,617

DMON, SOCIAL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

DMON, SOCIAL, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,923

0,386

31

25

0,554

GMM, VISUAL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

GMM, VISUAL, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,846

0,223

42

10

0,808

DMON, VISUAL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

DMON, VISUAL, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,788

0,413

47

14

0,770

GMM, LAND USE, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

GMM, LAND USE, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,793

0,317

34

17

0,667

DMON, LAND USE, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

DMON, LAND USE, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,933

0,346

40

19

0,678

GMM, ALL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

GMM, ALL, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,860

0,366

32

20

0,615

DMON, ALL, INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL

DMON, ALL, BLOCK, LOCAL

0,933

0,394

35

20

0,636

    

516

308