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Hierarchical Navigable Small Worlds
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Developed byYury Malkov
Founded2016
LicenseApache License 2.0
Open source✓ Open Source
Use caseapproximate nearest neighbor search
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Hierarchical Navigable Small Worlds

concept

Graph-based algorithm for approximate nearest neighbor search in high-dimensional spaces (HNSW)

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primary use case

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approximate nearest neighbor search○UnverifiedHighFresh1
similarity search○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports model

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high-dimensional vectors○UnverifiedHighFresh1

based on

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small world networks○UnverifiedHighFresh1

developed by

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Yury Malkov○UnverifiedHighFresh1

license type

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requires

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distance metric○UnverifiedHighFresh1

integrates with

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founded year

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FAISS○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
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