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localOutlierFactor

Annotates a dataframe with a column containing the local outlier factor for each data record. The dataframe should contain at least one GeometryType column. Rows must be unique. If one geometry column is present it will be used automatically. If two are present, the one named ‘geometry’ will be used. If more than one are present and neither is named ‘geometry’, the column name must be provided.

Parameters

DataFrame
dataframe containing the point geometries
Int
number of nearest neighbors that will be considered for the LOF calculation
String
name of the geometry column
Boolean
whether to use approximate KNN. When false will use exact KNN join. Default is false
Boolean
whether to handle ties in the k-distance calculation. Default is false
Boolean
whether to use a cartesian or spheroidal distance calculation. Default is false
String
the name of the column containing the lof for each row. Default is “lof”

Returns

A DataFrame containing the lof for each row

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