Clustering of data records with hierarchical cluster ids

A computer implemented method comprising:

• accessing a subset of records derived from at least one database table;
• generating a hierarchical clustering for the subset of records by iteratively performing ordinal classifications on a plurality of pairwise comparisons over a plurality of iterations, wherein the ordinal classifications are performed by an ordinal classifier that generates a non-binary output based on training data comprising ordinal, non-binary labels, the hierarchical clustering comprising a plurality of tiers, wherein each tier corresponds to a respective degree of confidence among the records within the tier;
• assigning a respective hierarchical cluster ID to each record in the connected component according to the hierarchical clustering, the hierarchical cluster ID comprising a series of values, wherein each value reflects a respective tier among the plurality of tiers;
• and
• receiving a hierarchical cluster ID from a client device to allow a selection of a cluster corresponding to one tier among the plurality of tiers of the hierarchical clustering according to the hierarchical cluster ID.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable, non-volatile storage memory comprising stored instructions that are executable and, responsive to execution by a computing device, the computing device performs operations comprising:

• accessing a subset of records derived from at least one database table;
• generating a hierarchical clustering for the subset of records by iteratively performing ordinal classifications on a plurality of pairwise comparisons over a plurality of iterations, wherein the ordinal classifications are performed by an ordinal classifier that generates a non-binary output based on training data comprising ordinal, non-binary labels, the hierarchical clustering comprising a plurality of tiers, wherein each tier corresponds to a respective degree of confidence among the records within the tier;
• assigning a respective hierarchical cluster ID to each record in the subset of records according to the hierarchical clustering, the hierarchical cluster ID comprising a series of values, wherein each value reflects a respective tier among the plurality of tiers;
• and
• receiving a hierarchical cluster ID from a client device to allow a selection of a cluster corresponding to one tier among a plurality of tiers of the hierarchical clustering according to the hierarchical cluster ID.