question: private void merge ( Relation < V > relation , List < ORCLUSCluster > clusters , int k_new , int d_new , IndefiniteProgress cprogress ) { ArrayList < ProjectedEnergy > projectedEnergies = new ArrayList < > ( ( clusters . size ( ) * ( clusters . size ( ) - 1 ) ) > > > 1 ) ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < clusters . size ( ) ; i ++ ) { for ( int j = i + 1 ; j < clusters . size ( ) ; j ++ ) { ORCLUSCluster c_i = clusters . get ( i ) ; ORCLUSCluster c_j = clusters . get ( j ) ; projectedEnergies . add ( projectedEnergy ( relation , c_i , c_j , i , j , d_new ) ) ; } } while ( clusters . size ( ) > k_new ) { if ( cprogress != null ) { cprogress . setProcessed ( clusters . size ( ) , LOG ) ; } ProjectedEnergy minPE = Collections . min ( projectedEnergies ) ; for ( int c = 0 ; c < clusters . size ( ) ; c ++ ) { if ( c == minPE . i ) { clusters . remove ( c ) ; clusters . add ( c , minPE . cluster ) ; } if ( c == minPE . j ) { clusters . remove ( c ) ; } } int i = minPE . i , j = minPE . j ; for ( Iterator < ProjectedEnergy > it = projectedEnergies . iterator ( ) ; it . hasNext ( ) ; ) { ProjectedEnergy pe = it . next ( ) ; if ( pe . i == i || pe . i == j || pe . j == i || pe . j == j ) { it . remove ( ) ; } else { if ( pe . i > j ) { pe . i -= 1 ; } if ( pe . j > j ) { pe . j -= 1 ; } } } ORCLUSCluster c_ij = minPE . cluster ; for ( int c = 0 ; c < clusters . size ( ) ; c ++ ) { if ( c < i ) { projectedEnergies . add ( projectedEnergy ( relation , clusters . get ( c ) , c_ij , c , i , d_new ) ) ; } else if ( c > i ) { projectedEnergies . add ( projectedEnergy ( relation , clusters . get ( c ) , c_ij , i , c , d_new ) ) ; } } } }
target:  Reduces the number of seeds to k_new