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Evaluating dimensionality reduction?

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Hello Leland,

Thank you for sharing this new algorithm.
I have a question regarding evaluation measures of dimensionality reduction methods. I'm aware of trustworthiness and continuity, but I'm looking for measures that can handle large datasets.

I found the paper "[Scale-independent quality criteria for dimensionality reduction](https://perso.uclouvain.be/michel.verleysen/papers/patreclet10jl.pdf)" which is an alternative quality measure, but it is still for small datasets.

How are you evaluating umap against other approaches at the moment?

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No files, tests, or entry points are named. First clarify whether this is seeking an implementation, documentation, or only a benchmark comparison, then define the large-dataset evaluation measures and comparison scope. Done would require an agreed evaluation approach and documented results.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
data-visualization, machine-learning
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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Over a week
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Stale
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Needs clarification
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