Meaning of curse of dimensionality | Babel Free
Definitions
A problem in the analysis of multidimensional systems caused by the sparse nature of the available data.
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“The curse of dimensionality is that vectors will get⟳ exponentially farther and farther away from one another, in Euclidean distance, as the dimensionality increases. A lot of simple operations become⟳ impractical above 10 or 20 dimensions, like⟳ sorting a large list of vectors based on their distance[…]”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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