de.aitools.aq.algebra.vector.functions
Interface Distance<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The class of the objects of which the distance can be computed

All Superinterfaces:

Proximity<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

EuclideanDistance, ManhattanDistance

public interface Distance<T>
extends Proximity<T>

A measure for computing how far away two objects are from each other.
The Proximity of a distance measure is most likely the negative distance.

Version:

$Id: Distance.java,v 1.2 2011/02/21 20:19:01 dogu3912 Exp $

Author:

tim.gollub(/\t)uni-weimar.de, johannes.kiesel(/\t)uni-weimar.de

Method Summary

double

computeDistance(T v1, T v2) Compute a kind of distance between two objects.

Methods inherited from interface de.aitools.aq.algebra.vector.functions.Proximity

computeNormalizedProximity, computeProximity

Method Detail

computeDistance

double computeDistance(T v1,
                       T v2)

Compute a kind of distance between two objects. A higher value signals higher distance.

Parameters:

v1 - One object, to be compared to the...

v2 - ...second object

Returns:

Computed distance