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Oct 18, 2021 · Fundamentals
Understanding Simhash: From Traditional Hash to Random Projection and LSH
This article explains the principles behind Simhash, covering the shortcomings of traditional hash functions, the use of cosine similarity, random projection for dimensionality reduction, locality‑sensitive hashing, random hyperplane hashing, implementation steps, query optimization with the pigeonhole principle, and the algorithm's limitations in short‑text scenarios.
Locality Sensitive HashingRandom ProjectionSimhash
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