When and How to Update Cluster Segments

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7.1 What Is the Shelf Life of a Model, and How Can It Affect Your Results?

7.2 How to Detect When Your Clustering Model Should Be Updated

7.3 Testing New Observations and Score Results

7.4 Other Practical Considerations

7.5 Additional Reading

7.1 What Is the Shelf Life of a Model, and How Can It Affect Your Results?

When you have come up with a satisfactory cluster segmentation model and profiled each of the cluster segments, one practical question that naturally arises is how long this model will last until you need to completely re-cluster any new observations added to the original data set? Alternatively, ...

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