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:

    Why, Harry, do I tell thee of my foes,
    Which art my nearest and dearest enemy?
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    West of this place, down in the neighbor bottom,
    The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream
    Left on your right hand brings you to the place.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)