ResearchBenchmarksNumber of Clusters Selection on Synthetic Clustered Dataset D=5, M=3, sigma_c=1Number of Clusters Selection on Synthetic Clustered Dataset D=5, M=3, sigma_c=1Follow7Count (k=2)Silhouette-0.281.613.55.39Mar 3, 2026Evaluation resultsMethodMethodLinksCount (k=2)Count (k=1)Count (k=3)Count (k=4)Count (k=5)Count (k=6)Count (k=7)Count (k=8)Count (k=9)Count (k=10)Silhouette2026.037—930000000ElbowSigSignificance criterion...Significance criterion=per-k2026.032—9900142194ElbowSigSignificance criterion...Significance criterion=FDR2026.032—9900121073CH2026.031—990000000GapVersion=IVersion=I2026.0300990010000GapVersion=IIVersion=II2026.030066001540610DB2026.030—00032792725