##  [Lloyd's Algorithm](/lloyds-algorithm) 

  ##  [Lloyd's Algorithm](https://puremath.quantumdictionary.io/lloyds-algorithm-0) 

  

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Definition

Iterative scheme that relocates a set of generating points by repeatedly replacing each point with the centroid of its Voronoi cell, producing centroidal Voronoi tessellations in the limit and reducing a quantization energy measuring average squared distance to generators.