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

Sorry - I meant to post this to the group - 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?

On 22 Mar 2006 02:31:31 -0800, "Jan Hidders" <hidders_at_gmail.com> wrote:

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>Rich F wrote:
>> Hi. I am doing some research of the k-nearest neighbor method of data
>> mining and it certainly looks like it would fall under the category of
>> a supervised method since pre-made classifications seem to need to
>> exist before starting. Does anyone know of a variation where there
>> are no pre-defined instance groups?
>
>I'm not sure what you are thinking of here. A variation of the method?
>How could you pick the k-nearest neighbors from an empty set?
>
>-- Jan Hidders
Received on Wed Mar 22 2006 - 22:24:09 CET