similarity-based model
nounUK /ˌsɪmɪˈlærəti beɪst ˈmɒdl/
US /ˌsɪməˈlærəti beɪst ˈmɑdl/
A model that groups things by how much they are alike.
The app uses a similarity-based model to suggest songs you might like.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A computer method that finds items most like a given item.
Search engines often rely on a similarity-based model to rank results.
3. A way of predicting by comparing new data to known examples.
The doctor's tool is a similarity-based model that compares symptoms to past cases.
4. A system that measures how close two things are in a set of features.
The similarity-based model scored the two pictures as nearly identical.