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:
“The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Argue your case with your neighbor directly, and do not disclose another’s secret;”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 25:9.