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The general formulation for density estimation states that, for N Observations x<sub>1</sub>,x<sub>2</sub>,x<sub>3</sub>,...,x<sub>n</sub> the density at a point x can be approximated by the following function,
 
The general formulation for density estimation states that, for N Observations x<sub>1</sub>,x<sub>2</sub>,x<sub>3</sub>,...,x<sub>n</sub> the density at a point x can be approximated by the following function,
 
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K-Nearest Neighbors Density Estimation

A slecture by CIT student Raj Praveen Selvaraj

Partly based on the ECE662 Spring 2014 lecture material of Prof. Mireille Boutin.



Introduction

This slecture discusses about the K-Nearest Neighbors(k-NN) approach to estimate the density of a given distribution. The approach of K-Nearest Neighbors is very popular in signal and image processing for clustering and classification of patterns. It is an non-parametric density estimation technique which lets the region volume be a function of the training data. We will discuss the basic principle behind the k-NN approach to estimate density at a point X and then move on to building a classifier using the k-NN Density estimate.

Basic Principle

The general formulation for density estimation states that, for N Observations x1,x2,x3,...,xn the density at a point x can be approximated by the following function, Knn1.jpg


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