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Mode
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:doc:`/WorkProcessClassifiers/GlobalAlgorithm/index` - :doc:`/WorkProcessClassifiers/OneDimensionalAlgorithm/index`

*Mode* algorithm corresponds to the most frequently occuring value of the data set.

.. rubric:: Input Parameters

+--------------------+--------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+---------+
| Parameter          | Type                                       | Constraint                             | Description                                    | Remarks |
+====================+============================================+========================================+================================================+=========+
| :math:`Y`          | :math:`Y \in \mathbb R^N`                  | :math:`N \in \mathbb{N}`               | Input data vector of length :math:`N`          |         |
+--------------------+--------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+---------+

.. rubric:: Output Parameters

+--------------------+----------------------------------------+------------+----------------------------------+---------+
| Parameter          | Type                                   | Constraint | Description                      | Remarks |
+====================+========================================+============+==================================+=========+
| :math:`m`          | :math:`m \in \mathbb R`                |            | Mode value of :math:`Y`          |         |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------+------------+----------------------------------+---------+

.. rubric:: Tool Support

* :doc:`/Tools/ExcelTool/index`

  For details refer to the online documentation of the function `'MODE' <http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/mode-HP005209183.aspx>`__.

* :doc:`/Tools/MatlabTool/index`

  For details refer to the online documentation of the function `'mode' <http://www.mathworks.de/help/techdoc/ref/mode.html>`__.

.. rubric:: Single Steps using the Algorithm

* :doc:`/DataPreprocessing/MathematicalComputation/ComputingModeValueWithMode/index`

* :doc:`/DataPreprocessing/DataCleaning/HandlingImproperValues/ReconstructingImproperValues/ReconstructingImproperValuesWithLocalCenteredMovingMode/index`

* :doc:`/DataPreprocessing/DataIntegration/ResolvingDataValueConflict/ResolvingDataValueConflictWithMode/index`