Nearest Neighbor

Nearest neighbor may refer to:

  • Nearest neighbor search in pattern recognition and in computational geometry
  • Nearest-neighbor interpolation for interpolating data
  • Nearest neighbor graph in geometry
  • The k-nearest neighbor algorithm in machine learning, an application of generalized forms of nearest neighbor search and interpolation
  • The nearest neighbour algorithm for approximately solving the travelling salesman problem
  • The nearest neighbor method for determining the thermodynamics of nucleic acids
  • The nearest neighbor method for calculating distances between clusters in hierarchical clustering.

Famous quotes containing the words nearest and/or neighbor:

    “Then with no fiery throbbing pain,
    No cold gradations of decay,
    Death broke at once the vital chain,
    And freed his soul the nearest way.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “Seducing one’s neighbor to a good opinion and then afterwards believing devoutly in this neighbor’s opinion—who can match women in this clever ploy?”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)