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K-Nearest Neighbors
Quick Definition
Classifying based on majority class of k nearest neighbors
Full Definition
A non-parametric algorithm classifying new points based on the majority class of their k nearest neighbors.
Examples
recommendation systems, pattern recognition, imputation
Related Terms
instance-learning
classification
clustering
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