@PublicationReference(title="Minkowski Distance", author="Wikipedia", year=2011, type=WebPage, url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minkowski_distance") public class MinkowskiDistanceMetric extends AbstractCloneableSerializable implements Metric<Vectorizable>
ChebyshevDistanceMetric
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static double |
DEFAULT_POWER
The default power is 2.0.
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protected double |
power
The power that the distance is computed to.
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Constructor and Description |
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MinkowskiDistanceMetric()
Creates a new
MinkowskiDistanceMetric with the default power of
2.0. |
MinkowskiDistanceMetric(double power)
Creates a new
MinkowskiDistanceMetric with the given power. |
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double |
evaluate(Vectorizable first,
Vectorizable second)
Evaluates the divergence between the two given objects.
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double |
getPower()
Gets the power used for the distance.
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void |
setPower(double power)
Sets the power used for the distance.
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clone
public static final double DEFAULT_POWER
protected double power
public MinkowskiDistanceMetric()
MinkowskiDistanceMetric
with the default power of
2.0.public MinkowskiDistanceMetric(double power)
MinkowskiDistanceMetric
with the given power.power
- The power for the distance metric. Must be positive.public double evaluate(Vectorizable first, Vectorizable second)
DivergenceFunction
evaluate
in interface DivergenceFunction<Vectorizable,Vectorizable>
first
- The first object.second
- The second object.public double getPower()
public void setPower(double power)
power
- The power used for the distance. Must be positive.