WCSS stands for Within-Cluster Sum of Squares, a metric used to evaluate the compactness of clusters formed by clustering algorithms, particularly K-means clustering. It quantifies the total variance within each cluster by summing the squared distances between each data point and the centroid of its assigned cluster. Lower WCSS values indicate more compact clusters, while higher values suggest less cohesive groupings.
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