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:

    “Yet do I fear thy nature,
    It is too full o’th’ milk of human kindness
    To catch the nearest way.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.”
    —Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)