Kernel and neighborhood methods · MLD-0595
K-nearest neighbors
Predicting from the labels or values of the k most similar stored examples.
Original reference page · detailed expansion pending. Original definitions, examples, notes and citations are preserved below. New examples are illustrative, not benchmark results.
Original example
Classify a point from neighboring feature vectors.
Original caveat
Feature scaling and distance choice strongly affect results.
Context and aliases
Level: Intermediate. Stages: Theory · Training · Inference.
Tags: ML.
Aliases: KNN · k-NN.
Related concepts
Concepts linking here
Original references
- scikit-learn: nearest neighbors ↗ · Reference link
- scikit-learn: support vector machines ↗ · Reference link
- Original reference URL ↗