IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DBSCAN ALGORITHM FOR CLUSTERING STUNTING PREVALENCE TYPOLOGY IN WEST JAVA, CENTRAL JAVA, AND EAST JAVA REGIONS

Abstract

Stunting, a condition where children are malnourished for a long period, causes growth failure in children. West Java, Central Java, and East Java are the 3 provinces with the highest prevalence of stunting in 2021. This study aims to group districts/cities in these provinces based on factors that influence stunting using the DBSCAN method (there has been no previous research using this method for this case), so the typology of stunting prevalence is implied. The group results can be valuable input for policy priorities in overcoming stunting. The study used the DBSCAN (Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Application with Noise) method, which can also detect noises (outliers). The determination of eps and MinPts is based on the average value of the distance from each data to its closest neighbor. The distance obtained then was used in the KNN algorithm to determine eps and MinPts parameters. Clustering is done using standardized data and DBSCAN parameters obtained from the k-dist plot, eps is 1.92, and MinPts is 2. The validation test used is the silhouette coefficient to determine the goodness of the cluster results. The clustering results show that there are 2 clusters and 1 noise that have special characteristics related to factors that influence the prevalence of stunting. Cluster 1 consisted of 97 districts/cities and was characterized by a high percentage of infants under 6 months receiving exclusive breastfeeding and the lowest average per capita household expenditure. Cluster 2 (Bekasi City and Depok City) was characterized by the lowest percentage of households with proper health facilities and infants aged 0-59 months receiving complete immunization. The noise (high stunting prevalence) in Bandung City is characterized by the lowest percentage of households having proper sanitation.