• DocumentCode
    1116811
  • Title

    An Algorithm for Finding Nearest Neighbors

  • Author

    Friedman, Jerome H. ; Baskett, Forest ; Shustek, Leonard J.

  • Author_Institution
    Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1975
  • Firstpage
    1000
  • Lastpage
    1006
  • Abstract
    An algorithm that finds the k nearest neighbors of a point, from a sample of size N in a d-dimensional space, with an expected number of distance calculations is described, its properties examined, and the validity of the estimate verified with simulated data.
  • Keywords
    Index Terms-Best match, nearest neighbors, nonparametric discrimination, searching, sorting.; Computational modeling; Computer science; Linear accelerators; Nearest neighbor searches; Pattern classification; Predictive models; Prototypes; Sorting; Testing; Virtual prototyping; Index Terms-Best match, nearest neighbors, nonparametric discrimination, searching, sorting.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-C.1975.224110
  • Filename
    1672703