What is KNN algorithm in Machine Learning?

Question

Can anyone explain the KNN algorithm in the simplest terms?

Answer 1

KNN (K-nearest neighbors), also called the laziest algorithm, is a supervised learning algorithm that can be used for classification and regression. In KNN, we have to initialize the hyperparameter K in the starting. Later KNN algorithm calculates the distance between all the examples or observations of the training dataset with the current example in the testing dataset. After that, the KNN algorithm picks examples with the highest K distances. If it is a regression problem, then the algorithm calculates the mean of K classes. If it is a classification task, then the algorithm calculates the mode of K classes.

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