A density-based spatial clustering for physical constraints

We propose a spatial clustering method, called DBRS+, which aims to cluster spatial data in the presence of both obstacles and facilitators. It can handle datasets with intersected obstacles and facilitators. Without preprocessing, DBRS+ processes constraints during clustering. It can find clusters with arbitrary shapes. DBRS+ has been empirically evaluated using synthetic and real data sets and its performance has been compared to DBRS and three related methods for handling obstacles, namely AUTOCLUST+, DBCLuC*, and DBRS_O.