This page is about minimum distance. For minimum distance estimation, see Minimum distance estimation.
The term minimum distance may refer to
Minimum distance estimation, a statistical method for fitting a model to data
Closest pair of points problem, the algorithmic problem of finding two points that have the minimum distance among a larger set of points
Euclidean distance, the minimum length of any curve between two points in the plane
Shortest path problem, the minimum length of a path between two points in a graph
The minimum distance of a block code in coding theory, the smallest Hamming distance between any two of its code words
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The term minimumdistance may refer to Minimumdistance estimation, a statistical method for fitting a model to data Closest pair of points problem, the...
Hamming distance of the strings is equivalent to the Manhattan distance between the vertices. The minimum Hamming distance or minimumdistance (usually...
Minimumdistance decoding is also known as nearest neighbour decoding. It can be assisted or automated by using a standard array. Minimumdistance decoding...
Levenshtein distance is a string metric for measuring the difference between two sequences. The Levenshtein distance between two words is the minimum number...
Minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID) is a measure used in astronomy to assess potential close approaches and collision risks between astronomical...
is measured by counting the minimum number of operations required to transform one string into the other. Edit distances find applications in natural...
error detection. A code with minimum Hamming distance, d, can detect up to d − 1 errors in a code word. Using minimum-distance-based error-correcting codes...
achieve the highest possible rate for codes with their block length and minimumdistance of three. Richard W. Hamming invented Hamming codes in 1950 as a way...
{(1+e)\mu }{(1-e)a}}}\,} , at minimum (pericenter) distance, r per = ( 1 − e ) a {\textstyle r_{\text{per}}=(1-e)a} . Apocenter Minimum speed, v ap = ( 1 − e...
and therefore produces different Mahalanobis distances. The Minimum Covariance Determinant and Minimum Volume Ellipsoid approaches are more robust to...
and minimumdistance d {\displaystyle d} . It is also known as the Joshibound. proved by Joshi (1958) and even earlier by Komamiya (1953). The minimum distance...
The distance between two parallel lines in the plane is the minimumdistance between any two points. Because the lines are parallel, the perpendicular...
surface which approximates the Earth's outer shape. The term centre of minimumdistance specifies the concept more precisely as the domain is the sphere surface...
x in X within distance ε of x∗. Similarly, the function has a local minimum point at x∗, if f(x∗) ≤ f(x) for all x in X within distance ε of x∗. A similar...
with centres spaced 19 mm apart. The minimumdistance between the holes is thus 14.2 mm, while the minimumdistance between the converged pins on the Europlug...
on the five-number summary: the minimum, the maximum, the sample median, and the first and third quartiles. Minimum (Q0 or 0th percentile): the lowest...
The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimumdistance to a point of equal elevation, representing a radius of dominance in which the peak is the...
certain normal distribution. Minimumdistance test Randomly place 8000 points in a 10000×10000 square, then find the minimumdistance between the pairs. The...
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