I recently started to study non-parametric clustering methods and I come across to CRP. After reading all the material I found on the web there is one thing which is not completely clear to me: which is the aim of this process? You can't cluster according to 'distance' (and in fact it was invented another method called Distance Dependent CRP), so why should someone apply this technique? Being a 'noob' I am sure I am missing something... What?
Chinese Restaurant Process... Why?
probability;cluster computing