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A journey through k-nearest neighbours with Botie.

Classical Machine Learning · A journey with Botie

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Botie's notebook

Could a Previous Example Supply the Answer?

Part 1 of 3

Imagine receiving an unfamiliar specimen with several measurements. You already have labelled specimens. Before trying to write a complete rule for each class, a reasonable first question is whether any of the known specimens look similar to this one.

Sources for this history

Cover and Hart (1967), Nearest Neighbor Pattern Classification

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