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Re: nearestNeighbor
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Jul 20, 2011 1:19 PM
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Thanks for the information
Yes , I am using DelaunayTri
If I look at the 3 index values returned from DT(SI,:) by pointLocation
- one of them is exactly the same as the index returned from nearestNeighbor
- but how do I know which one is the nearest ?
"Steven_Lord" <slord@mathworks.com> wrote in message <j06kd6$f6k$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
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> "Michel " <slivitz@cite.net> wrote in message
> news:j06i7h$8h9$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com...
> > I am trying to figure out what happens when a query points falls outside
> > the domain defined by dt.
> >
> > I am trying to look at the code using edit but iut only returns the help.
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> > nearestNeighbor returns the index of the nearest point in DT.X for each
> > query point location in QX (even if outside the domain) . The
> > corresponding Euclidean distances between the query points and their
> > nearest neighbors returned in D are excedingly high.
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> So I assume you're using DelaunayTri?
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> http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/delaunaytriclass.html
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> > Is there a way to figure if the query point is "in" the domain ?
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> Use pointLocation on your DelaunayTri.
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> http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/delaunaytri.pointlocation.html
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> If it returns NaN, your point is outside the convex hull of your data.
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> Steve Lord
> slord@mathworks.com
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