Classification of Human Development Index Using K-Means

Abstract

Human development progress in Central Java. It is characterized by a continued rise in the human development index (HDI) of Central Java. HDI is an important indicator for measuring success in the effort to build the quality of human life. HDI explains how residents can access the development results in obtaining a long and healthy life, knowledge, education, decent standard of living and so on. HDI is affected by four factors, namely life expectancy, expected years of schooling, means years of schooling, and expenditure per capita. Currently the Central bureau of statistics do grouping HDI, using calculation formula then known how the value HDI each regency or city in Central Java. In this research we classified the regency or city in Central Java based on the HDI be high, middle, and under estimate area. We used cluster analysis. Cluster analysis is a multivariate technique which has the main purpose to classify objects based on their characteristics. Cluster analysis classifies the object, so that each object that has similar characteristics to be clumped into a single cluster (group). One of the cluster analysis method is k-means. The result of this research, there are three groups, high estimate area, middle estimate area, and under estimate area. The first group or the under estimate area contained 12 regencies, namely Cilacap, Purbalingga, Purworejo, Wonosobo, Grobogan, Blora, Rembang, Pati, Jepara, Demak, Pekalongan, and Brebes. The second group or the middle estimate area contained 8 regencies, namely Banjarnegara, Kebumen, Magelang, Temanggung, Wonogiri, Batang, Pemalang, and Tegal. The third group or the high estimate area contained 11 regencies, namely Banyumas, Kudus, Boyolali, Klaten, Sukoharjo, Karanganyar, Sragen, Semarang, Kendal, Surakarta, and Salatiga.

Keywords : cluster analysis, k-means, the human development index.