Multi-view clustering (MVC) is a popular technique for improving clustering performance using various data sources. However, existing methods primarily focus on acquiring consistent information while often neglecting the issue of redundancy across multiple views. This study presents a new approach called Sufficient Multi-View Clustering (SUMVC) that examines the multi-view clustering framework from an information-theoretic standpoint. Our proposed method consists of two parts. Firstly, we develop a simple and reliable multi-view clustering method SCMVC (simple consistent multi-view clustering) that employs variational analysis to generate consistent information. Secondly, we propose a sufficient representation lower bound to enhance consistent information and minimise unnecessary information among views. The proposed SUMVC method offers a promising solution to the problem of multi-view clustering and provides a new perspective for analyzing multi-view data. To verify the effectiveness of our model, we conducted a theoretical analysis based on the Bayes Error Rate, and experiments on multiple multi-view datasets demonstrate the superior performance of SUMVC.

提出了一种名为Sufficient Multi-View Clustering (SUMVC)的新方法，该方法从信息理论的角度考察多视图聚类框架，通过开发简单可靠的多视图聚类方法和提出足够的表示下界，解决了多视图聚类中的冗余信息和一致信息问题，为多视图数据分析提供了新的角度和有前景的解决方案。

一种有效的多视图聚类的新方法：信息论透视