Manhattan Distance-based K-Medoids Clustering Improvement for Diagnosing Diabetic Disease

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by blood glucose levels above normal limits. Diabetes occurs when the body is unable to produce sufficient insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. As a result, blood sugar management becomes impaired and there is no cure for diabetes. Early detection of diabetes provides an opportunity to delay or prevent its progression into acute stages. Clustering can help identify patterns and groups of diabetes symptoms by analyzing attributes that indicate these symptoms. In this study, researchers are using K-Medoid and Quantum K-Medoid methods for clustering diabetes data. Quantum computing utilizes quantum bits, or qubits, which can represent multiple states at the same time. Compared to classical computers, quantum computing has the potential for an exponential speedup in problem-solving. Researchers conducted a comparison between two methods: the classic K-Medoids method and the K-Medoids method utilizing quantum computing. The researchers found that both Quantum K-Medoid and Classic K-Medoid achieved the same clustering accuracy of 91%. In testing with the Quantum K-Medoids algorithm, it was found that the cost value in the 8th epoch showed a significant decrease compared to the Classical K-Medoids algorithm. This demonstrates that Quantum K-Medoid can be considered a viable alternative for clustering purposes.