Re: k-nearest neighbor a supervised data mining method?

From: Jan Hidders <hidders_at_gmail.com>
Date: 24 Mar 2006 01:05:48 -0800
Message-ID: <1143191148.821260.320480_at_j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>


Rich F wrote:
> Sorry - I meant to post this to the group -

No problem. Has happened to me to.

> I guess what I mean is it combined as an algorithm with something like
> a k means clustering algorithm to establish the sets in the first
> place?

Ah, first you cluster a set of given items to establish the clusters and then you decide where to put new items. Undoubtedly somebody has already done this, but I dont' know of any concrete cases or when something like that could be useful.

  • Jan Hidders
Received on Fri Mar 24 2006 - 10:05:48 CET

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