The closest pair of points problem or closest pair problem is a problem of computational geometry: given n {\displaystyle n} points in metric space, find...

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data Closest pair of points problem, the algorithmic problem of finding two points that have the minimum distance among a larger set of points Euclidean...

applied.[how?] Mathematics portal Nearest centroid classifier Closest pair of points problem Nearest neighbor graph Fix, Evelyn; Hodges, Joseph L. (1951)...

problems stated in terms of points only are sometimes referred to as closest point problems, although the term "closest point problem" is also used synonymously...

A kinetic closest pair data structure is a kinetic data structure that maintains the closest pair of points, given a set P of n points that are moving...

geometry problem of computing the smallest circle that contains all of a given set of points in the Euclidean plane. The corresponding problem in n-dimensional...

each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible route that visits each city exactly once and returns to the origin city?" It is an NP-hard problem in...

related to the complexity of computing bichromatic closest pairs. In the bichromatic closest pair problem, the input is a set of points, given two different...

as problems at all until the advent of computers. Consider, for example, the Closest pair problem: Given n points in the plane, find the two with the...

set of edges that connect points of the plane, the problem to determine whether they contain a triangulation is NP-complete. Some triangulations of a set...

relationship as a pair of intersecting circles". Its solution involves a transcendental equation. The problem derives from "A Country House Visit", one of Jan Struther's...

many problems, such as sorting (e.g., quicksort, merge sort), multiplying large numbers (e.g., the Karatsuba algorithm), finding the closest pair of points...

problem in 1893, and Tibor Gallai, who published one of the first proofs of this theorem in 1944. A line that contains exactly two of a set of points...

well-separated pair decomposition (WSPD) of a set of points S ⊂ R d {\displaystyle S\subset \mathbb {R} ^{d}} , is a sequence of pairs of sets ( A i , B...

devoted to solving problems of a geometric nature. This field includes problems from classic geometry, like the closest pair of points problem, as well as more...

point to the cluster with the closest centroid.[citation needed] Using only the centroid to redistribute the data has problems when clusters lack uniform...

1988: Closest pair". In Aggarwal, Alok; Wein, Joel (eds.). Computational Geometry: Lecture Notes for 18.409, Spring 1988. Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

In this way, it avoids the problem of repeatedly finding closest pairs. Nevertheless, for many types of clustering problem, it can be guaranteed to come...

above, with 0 and 1 two lattice points that are closest to each other; duplication is avoided by including only half of the boundary. The rhombic lattices...

The Monty Hall problem is a brain teaser, in the form of a probability puzzle, based nominally on the American television game show Let's Make a Deal...

excessive number of nodes, bending and stretching. Then the so-called "metro map" is constructed. The data points are projected into the closest node. For each...

calculus operation of indefinite integration (i.e. finding antiderivatives) Closest pair problem: find the pair of points (from a set of points) with the smallest...

is a set of points Ai which have M  as median in all directions, but for which the points not coincident with M  do not come in balanced pairs. Then we...

be confused with ray tracing of computer graphics) Slab method Closest pair of points Closest point problem Diameter of a point set Delaunay triangulation...

as an instance of the closest pair of points problem, taking worst-case time O(n log n) or (with randomized time and with the use of the floor function)...

addresses one of DBSCAN's major weaknesses: the problem of detecting meaningful clusters in data of varying density. To do so, the points of the database...

problem in mathematics: What is the asymptotic growth rate of the area of the smallest triangle determined by three out of n{\displaystyle n} points in...

be a pair in this intermediate range has been observed in PKS 1302-102. The question of how this happens is the "final-parsec problem". A number of solutions...

central-force problem is to determine the motion of a particle in a single central potential field. A central force is a force (possibly negative) that points from...