diff --git a/sources/core/args.h b/sources/core/args.h
index 7bb78c8978c11f6b67a420254c3f17ce4fa200a2..74bc610ee15c2d19cff3599fee0934239a3b9cf0 100644
--- a/sources/core/args.h
+++ b/sources/core/args.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class arguments
 		// Constructor and destructor
 		arguments()
 		{
-		} ;
+        }
 		arguments(int argc, char** const argv)
 		{
 			std::string key ;
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ class arguments
 				}
 				_map.insert(std::pair<std::string, std::string>(key, data)) ;
 			}
-		} ;
-		~arguments() { } ;
+        }
+        ~arguments()
+        {
+        }
 
 		//! \brief is the elements in the command line ?
 		bool is_defined(const std::string& key) const
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ class arguments
 			{
 				return false ;
 			}
-		} ;
+        }
 		//! \brief access the element stored value
 		std::string operator[](const std::string& key) const
 		{
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ class arguments
                 //std::cerr << "Underfined request to key : \"" << key << "\"" << std::endl ;
 				return std::string() ;
 			}
-		} ;
+        }
 		//! \brief acces to the float value associated with the parameter
 		//! \a key.
 		//!
@@ -113,6 +115,9 @@ class arguments
 		vec get_vec(const std::string& key, int size, float default_value = 0.0f) const
 		{
 			vec res(size);
+            for(int i=0; i<size; ++i)
+                res[i] = default_value;
+
 			if(_map.count(key) > 0)
 			{
 				std::string s = _map.find(key)->second;
diff --git a/sources/core/clustering.cpp b/sources/core/clustering.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50f961407f4b2f82607837ecc0cdffbf8c6b356d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/core/clustering.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#include "clustering.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <limits>
+#include <string>
+
+clustering::clustering(const data* d, const arguments& args)
+{
+    // List of the indices of the clustering
+    std::vector<int> indices;
+
+    vec findices = args.get_vec("cluster-dim", d->dimX(), -1.0f);
+    for(int i=0; i<findices.size() && findices[i] != -1.0f; ++i)
+    {
+        int id = (int)findices[i];
+        indices.push_back(id);
+
+        assert(id >= 0 && id < d->dimX());
+    }
+    std::cout << "<<DEBUG>> the resulting data will have " << indices.size() << " dimensions" << std::endl;
+
+    // We cannot have null cluster size of full rank.
+    assert(indices.size() > 0 && indices.size() < d->dimX());
+
+    // Fit the slice into the domain of definition of the data
+    int compressed_size = d->dimX()-indices.size();
+    vec compressed_vec  = args.get_vec("cluster-slice", d->dimX(), std::numeric_limits<float>::max());
+    for(int i=0; i<d->dimX(); ++i)
+    {
+        compressed_vec[i] = std::min<double>(compressed_vec[i], d->max()[i]);
+        compressed_vec[i] = std::max<double>(compressed_vec[i], d->min()[i]);
+    }
+
+    // Set the limit of the new domain and dimensions
+    _nX = indices.size();
+    _nY = d->dimY();
+    _min = vec(_nX);
+    _max = vec(_nX);
+    for(int i=0; i<_nX; ++i)
+    {
+        _min[i] = d->min()[indices[i]];
+        _max[i] = d->max()[indices[i]];
+    }
+
+    for(int i=0; i<d->size(); ++i)
+    {
+        vec p = d->get(i);
+        bool reject = false;
+        for(int i=0; i<d->dimX(); ++i)
+        {
+            if(is_in<int>(indices, i) == -1 && p[i] != compressed_vec[i])
+            {
+                reject = true;
+            }
+        }
+        if(reject)
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        vec e(dimX()+dimY());
+        for(int i=0; i<_nX; ++i)
+        {
+            e[i] = p[indices[i]];
+        }
+        for(int i=0; i<_nY; ++i)
+        {
+            e[_nX + i] = p[d->dimX() + i];
+        }
+        _data.push_back(e);
+    }
+    std::cout << "<<INFO>> clustering left " << _data.size() << " elements" << std::endl;
+}
+
+vec clustering::get(int i) const
+{
+    return _data[i];
+}
+
+vec clustering::operator[](int i) const
+{
+    return _data[i];
+}
+
+int clustering::size() const
+{
+    return _data.size();
+}
+
+vec clustering::min() const
+{
+    return _min;
+}
+
+vec clustering::max() const
+{
+    return _max;
+}
diff --git a/sources/core/clustering.h b/sources/core/clustering.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1cb493fb8cbb6634d36c0807acc6a1a1b60a624d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/core/clustering.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "data.h"
+#include "common.h"
+
+#include <vector>
+
+class clustering : public data
+{
+    public: // methods
+
+        //! \brief constructor loading a full dimension data and clustering
+        //! it into a low dimension one.
+        clustering(const data* d, const arguments& args);
+
+        //! \brief the clustering class cannot load from a file. It requires
+        //! a complete object to be created.
+        virtual void load(const std::string& filename)
+        {
+            throw;
+        }
+        //! \brief the clustering class cannot load from a file. It requires
+        //! a complete object to be created.
+        virtual void load(const std::string& filename, const arguments& args)
+        {
+            throw;
+        }
+
+        //! \brief aces to data in linear order
+        virtual vec get(int i) const ;
+        //! \brief aces to data in linear order
+        virtual vec operator[](int i) const ;
+
+        //! \brief return the size of the data after clusterization
+        int size() const;
+
+        //! \brief get min input space values
+        virtual vec min() const ;
+        //! \brief get max input space values
+        virtual vec max() const ;
+
+    protected:
+        std::vector<vec> _data;
+        vec _min, _max;
+};
diff --git a/sources/core/common.h b/sources/core/common.h
index 6988f23dee1e218d0a14a150919bb795bbb3c161..7ff15c7b9a72284dc1e1f09e222ec6bd3293a942 100644
--- a/sources/core/common.h
+++ b/sources/core/common.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class vec : public std::vector<double>
 			}
 			return *this ;
 		}
-		
+
 		// Mathematical operators
 		//
 		friend vec operator-(const vec& a)
@@ -219,11 +219,25 @@ class vec : public std::vector<double>
 			out << "]" ;
 
 			return out ;
-		} ;
+        }
 
 
 } ;
 
+//! \brief locate the first index of value v in vector vec. Complexity in
+//! O(n) is the worst case.
+template<typename T> int is_in(std::vector<T> ve, T v)
+{
+    int res = -1;
+    for(unsigned int i=0; i<ve.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        if(ve[i] == v)
+            return i;
+    }
+
+    return res;
+}
+
 #define NOT_IMPLEMENTED() \
 std::cerr << "<<ERROR>> not implemented " << __FILE__ \
           << ":" << __LINE__ << std::endl; \
diff --git a/sources/core/core.pro b/sources/core/core.pro
index 057a788b457aba3a67af38a0ccbbdcd22a2010d5..7842e2b6f968228865c4284cb33fec957e90aa97 100644
--- a/sources/core/core.pro
+++ b/sources/core/core.pro
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ HEADERS  = args.h               \
  			  plugins_manager.h    \
 			  vertical_segment.h   \
 			  rational_function.h  \
-			  params.h
+			  params.h \
+    clustering.h
 
 SOURCES  = plugins_manager.cpp  \
            vertical_segment.cpp \
-			  rational_function.cpp
+			  rational_function.cpp \
+    clustering.cpp
diff --git a/sources/core/plugins_manager.h b/sources/core/plugins_manager.h
index 8a8061237af1c03b2eeddd761822c794ed1cbc3d..4b091cdaf01ea41e7a5beb8402a32b670115f75c 100644
--- a/sources/core/plugins_manager.h
+++ b/sources/core/plugins_manager.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "data.h"
 #include "fitter.h"
 #include "args.h"
+#include "clustering.h"
 
 #define USING_STATIC
 
@@ -77,6 +78,13 @@ class plugins_manager
             {
                 std::cout << "<<DEBUG>> no change was made to the parametrization" << std::endl;
             }
+
+            // Check is the data has to be clusterized
+            if(args.is_defined("cluster-dim"))
+            {
+                clustering* cluster = new clustering(d, args);
+                d = cluster;
+            }
         }
 
 		//! \brief Provide a measure of how much memory there is on the system.