yolov8_test/docs/en/reference/utils/tal.md

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description: Explore Ultralytics utilities for optimized task assignment, bounding box creation, and distance calculation. Learn more about algorithm implementations.
keywords: Ultralytics, task aligned assigner, select highest overlaps, make anchors, dist2bbox, bbox2dist, utilities, algorithm
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# Reference for `ultralytics/utils/tal.py`

!!! Note

    This file is available at [https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/blob/main/ultralytics/utils/tal.py](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/blob/main/ultralytics/utils/tal.py). If you spot a problem please help fix it by [contributing](https://docs.ultralytics.com/help/contributing/) a [Pull Request](https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/edit/main/ultralytics/utils/tal.py) 🛠️. Thank you 🙏!

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## ::: ultralytics.utils.tal.TaskAlignedAssigner

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## ::: ultralytics.utils.tal.select_candidates_in_gts

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## ::: ultralytics.utils.tal.select_highest_overlaps

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## ::: ultralytics.utils.tal.make_anchors

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## ::: ultralytics.utils.tal.dist2bbox

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## ::: ultralytics.utils.tal.bbox2dist

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