has_specified_output has specified output has_specified_output achieves_planned_objective dataset creating clustered data set k-nearest neighbors A k-nearest neighbors is a data transformation which achieves a class discovery or partitioning objective, in which an input data object with vector y is assigned to a class label based upon the k closest training data set points to y; where k is the largest value that class label is assigned. James Malone PERSON: James Malone k-NN k-nearest neighbors partitioning data transformation class discovery data transformation class discovery objective pending final vetting