Clustering with Spectral Methods

Grouping and sorting are problems with a great tradition in the history of mankind. Clustering and cluster analysis is a small aspect in the wide spectrum. But these topics have applications in most scientific disciplines. Graph clustering is again a little fragment in the clustering area. Nevertheless it has the potential for new pioneering and innovative methods. One such method is the Markov Clustering presented by van Dongen in 'Graph Clustering by Flow Simulation'. We investigated the question, if there is a similar approach which involves the graph structure more directly and has a linear space complexity