Selection of elements strongly related to a predetermined reference element
US7492971B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 10, 2005 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F18/231
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Selection devices, methods and systems for selecting, among a plurality of elements, a nearest neighbor set which is a set of elements each having a relation to a predetermined reference element, a degree of the relation meeting a predetermined condition. A selection device includes: a nearest neighbor set candidate selection unit for selecting, among the plurality of elements, a set of elements determined that the set of elements have stronger relations to the reference element, as each of a plurality of nearest neighbor set candidates, which are a plurality of different candidates for the nearest neighbor set; and a nearest neighbor set selection unit for selecting, as the nearest neighbor set, a set of elements having relations, degrees of which meet the predetermined condition, to the reference element, among a union of the plurality of nearest neighbor set candidates.
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