Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curse of dimensionality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: curse of di-men-sion-al-i-ty
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A problem in the analysis of multidimensional systems caused by the sparse nature of the available data.

Example Sentences

"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[…]"

Etymology

Coined by American mathematician Richard E. Bellman.

Frequently Paired Words

blessing of dimensionality

Questions

What does curse of dimensionality mean?: A problem in the analysis of multidimensional systems caused by the sparse nature of the available data.
Where does curse of dimensionality come from?: Coined by American mathematician Richard E. Bellman.

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