[R] Nearest Neighbour for prediction

[Liaw, Andy]

I guess it depends on what you want to estimate.  knn in the VR bundle does
classification.  The two functions you mentioned are quite specifically for
spatial statistics, and do quite different things (especially Gest).  

Andy

> From: liu qin [mailto:liuqincn at yahoo.com] 
> 
> Andy:
> 
> So, what do you think about Gest{spatstat} or
> knearneigh{spdep} as
> they both claimed they are the functions to calculate
> the nearest
> neighbour distance?
> 
> Qin
> --- "Liaw, Andy" <andy_liaw at merck.com> wrote:
> > Try:
> > 
> > library(class)
> > ?knn
> > example(knn)
> > 
> > Andy
> > 
> > > From: liu qin
> > > 
> > > Does anybody know how to use nearest neighbour in
> > R to
> > > predict anything? I am stuck here. I would be
> > really
> > > really grateful if anyone could help. Thank you
> > for
> > > the help.
> > > 
> > > Qin 
> > > 
> > > Ph.D. Student
> > > U.K.
> > 
> > 
> >
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