Nearest Centroid: A bridge between statistics and machine learning

• Main Author: THULASIDAS, Manoj
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: statistical thinking; applied statistics; machine learning; nearest centroid; k-means clustering; k nearest neighbor; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5555; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/6558/viewcontent/Nearest_Centroid_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In order to guide our students of machine learning in their statistical thinking, we need conceptually simple and mathematically defensible algorithms. In this paper, we present the Nearest Centroid algorithm (NC) algorithm as a pedagogical tool, combining the key concepts behind two foundational al...