lmcinnes / lmcinnes/pynndescent

Add support for nan_euclidean distance metric

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Really excited to work with this repo! Thanks for all the work, maintainers!

I'm interested in adapting the [KNNImputer](https://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.impute.KNNImputer.html) of sklearn to get some benefit from pynndescent, if possible. It uses a metric it calls `nan_euclidean`:

https://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.metrics.pairwise.nan_euclidean_distances.html

Would it be welcome (or even sensible, because maybe there's no benefit here) for someone to submit a PR to bring a version of `nan_euclidean` into pynndescent?

Thanks!

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The issue names no repository files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing pynndescent's existing metric support alongside sklearn's KNNImputer and nan_euclidean_distances documentation; determine whether the metric is compatible and beneficial, then define tests and acceptance criteria before implementation.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
machine-learning
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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