K-Nearest Neighbors

Summary

A simple, non-parametric algorithm that classifies a point based on the majority label of its K closest neighbors — intuitive, but slow and sensitive to feature scale at prediction time.

How to Learn This

1Implement KNN from scratch to understand distance-based classification.
2Experiment with different values of K and observe the bias-variance tradeoff.
3Learn why feature scaling matters critically for distance-based algorithms like KNN.

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