Chinese whispers (clustering method)

"Chinese whispers" is a clustering algorithm used in data mining and machine learning. It is an iterative method that aims to group data points based on similarity without requiring a predefined number of clusters. The name is derived from the children's game "Chinese whispers," where a message is passed along a line of people, often resulting in a distorted final version of the original message, metaphorically resembling how information can get altered through connections.