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nearest neighbor search

(as a form of proximity search (metric space)) optimization problem of finding the point in a given set that is closest (or most similar) to a given point
Class type of: optimization problem Q608751

Facts

4 properties
Subclass of
optimization problem[1]
ACM Classification Code (2012)
10003445[3]
Has effect
nearest neighbour algorithm[2]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en similarity search en nearest-neighbor search en Nearest neighbor search, NNS en NNS en post-office problem en proximity search en closest point search en nearest neighbor search ar بحث النقطة الأقرب de Ähnlichkeitssuche de Nachbarschaftssuche de Nächste-Nachbarn-Suche de Vektorsuche es búsqueda del vecino más cercano es NSS fa جستجوی نزدیکترین همسایه fr Recherche des plus proches voisins he חיפוש שכן קרוב hu Legközelebbi szomszéd analízis ja 最近傍探索
🔖 Identifiers · 6
OpenAlex ID
C116738811
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID
nearestNeighbor
Freebase ID
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MathWorld ID
NearestNeighborProblem
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
116738811
Quora topic ID
Nearest-Neighbor-Search

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nearest neighbour algorithm
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