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+/**
+ * @file k_nearest_neighbors.c
+ * @brief K Nearest Neighbors Algorithm implemented
+ * @details
+ * This file has KNN algorithm implemented
+ * It prints test output to console
+ *
+ * @author [Luis Ángel Meléndez] (https://github.com/LuisOfL)
+ */
+
+#include <float.h>   /* DBL_MAX */
+#include <math.h>    /* sqrt */
+#include <stdio.h>   /* printf */
+#include <stdlib.h>  /* malloc, rand */
+#include <time.h>    /* time */
+#include <string.h>  /* memset */
+
+/*!
+ * @addtogroup machine_learning Machine Learning Algorithms
+ * @{
+ * @addtogroup knn K-Nearest Neighbors Algorithm
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/*! @struct observation
+ *  a class to store points in 2d plane
+ *  x and y are coordinates, label is class
+ */
+typedef struct observation
+{
+    double x;      /**< x coordinate */
+    double y;      /**< y coordinate */
+    int label;     /**< class label */
+} observation;
+
+/*!
+ * Calculate Euclidean distance between two points
+ *
+ * @param a  first observation
+ * @param b  second observation
+ *
+ * @returns distance
+ */
+double euclideanDistance(observation* a, observation* b)
+{
+    return sqrt((a->x - b->x) * (a->x - b->x) + (a->y - b->y) * (a->y - b->y));
+}
+
+/*!
+ * Find the majority label among k nearest neighbors
+ *
+ * @param neighbors  array of nearest neighbors
+ * @param k  number of neighbors
+ *
+ * @returns predicted label
+ */
+int majorityLabel(observation neighbors[], int k)
+{
+    int counts[100]; /* assuming max 100 classes */
+    memset(counts, 0, sizeof(counts));
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < k; i++)
+    {
+        counts[neighbors[i].label]++;
+    }
+
+    int maxCount = 0;
+    int label = -1;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+    {
+        if (counts[i] > maxCount)
+        {
+            maxCount = counts[i];
+            label = i;
+        }
+    }
+    return label;
+}
+
+/*!
+ * KNN algorithm
+ *
+ * @param train  training dataset
+ * @param trainSize  number of training points
+ * @param test  point to classify
+ * @param k  number of neighbors
+ *
+ * @returns predicted label
+ */
+int kNearestNeighbors(observation train[], size_t trainSize, observation* test, int k)
+{
+    /* array to store distances and labels */
+    observation* neighbors = malloc(sizeof(observation) * trainSize);
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < trainSize; i++)
+    {
+        neighbors[i].x = euclideanDistance(&train[i], test);
+        neighbors[i].label = train[i].label;
+    }
+
+    /* simple selection sort to find k smallest distances */
+    for (int i = 0; i < k; i++)
+    {
+        int minIdx = i;
+        for (int j = i + 1; j < trainSize; j++)
+        {
+            if (neighbors[j].x < neighbors[minIdx].x)
+            {
+                minIdx = j;
+            }
+        }
+        if (minIdx != i)
+        {
+            observation tmp = neighbors[i];
+            neighbors[i] = neighbors[minIdx];
+            neighbors[minIdx] = tmp;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* take majority label among k nearest */
+    int label = majorityLabel(neighbors, k);
+    free(neighbors);
+    return label;
+}
+
+/*!
+ * Test the KNN function
+ */
+static void test()
+{
+    size_t size = 10;
+    observation train[10];
+
+    /* Generate random points with label 0 or 1 */
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++)
+    {
+        train[i].x = ((double)rand() / RAND_MAX) * 10.0;
+        train[i].y = ((double)rand() / RAND_MAX) * 10.0;
+        train[i].label = i % 2; /* alternating labels 0 and 1 */
+        printf("Train[%zu] = (%.2f, %.2f), label=%d\n", i, train[i].x, train[i].y, train[i].label);
+    }
+
+    observation testPoint;
+    testPoint.x = 5.0;
+    testPoint.y = 5.0;
+
+    int k = 3;
+    int predicted = kNearestNeighbors(train, size, &testPoint, k);
+    printf("Test point (%.2f, %.2f) predicted label = %d\n", testPoint.x, testPoint.y, predicted);
+}
+
+/*!
+ * Main function
+ */
+int main()
+{
+    srand(time(NULL));
+    test();
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @}
+ * @}
+ */