Jurnal Informatika dan Rekayasa Perangkat Lunak
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026): Maret

Comparative Approaches to Clustering for Profiling Students in Educational Data Mining

Azizah, Noor (Unknown)
Kusworo Adi (Unknown)
Catur Edi Widodo (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Mar 2026

Abstract

This study aims to compare the performance of five clustering algorithms, a K-Means, K-Medoids, Fuzzy C-Means (FCM), DBSCAN, and Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) in profiling 239 students using quantitative data. The methodology includes data collection, refinement, transformation, application of clustering algorithms, and evaluation using the Silhouette Score, Davies–Bouldin Index, and execution time. The results indicate that K-Means provides the most balanced performance, achieving the highest Silhouette score with well-defined cluster separation. K-Medoids and GMM demonstrate competitive performance, while DBSCAN excels in detecting outliers but produces an excessive number of clusters, limiting its interpretability for profiling. FCM performs the weakest due to poor cluster separability. Overall, K-Means is recommended as the primary approach for student profiling, while other algorithms may complement specific analytical needs.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JINRPL

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT

Description

Journal of Informatics and Software Engineering accepts scientific articles in the focus of Informatics. The scope can be: Software Engineering, Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Based Learning, Computer Networking and Data Communication, and ...