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de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction
Class CosineDistanceFunction<V extends FeatureVector<V,?>>

java.lang.Object
  extended by de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.logging.AbstractLoggable
      extended by de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.utilities.optionhandling.AbstractParameterizable
          extended by de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.AbstractMeasurementFunction<O,D>
              extended by de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.AbstractDistanceFunction<O,DoubleDistance>
                  extended by de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.AbstractDoubleDistanceFunction<V>
                      extended by de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.CosineDistanceFunction<V>
All Implemented Interfaces:
DistanceFunction<V,DoubleDistance>, MeasurementFunction<V,DoubleDistance>, Loggable, Parameterizable

public class CosineDistanceFunction<V extends FeatureVector<V,?>>
extends AbstractDoubleDistanceFunction<V>

CosineDistanceFunction for FeatureVectors.

Author:
Arthur Zimek

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.AbstractMeasurementFunction
INFINITY_PATTERN
 
Fields inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.utilities.optionhandling.AbstractParameterizable
optionHandler
 
Fields inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.logging.AbstractLoggable
debug
 
Constructor Summary
CosineDistanceFunction()
          Provides a CosineDistanceFunction.
 
Method Summary
 String description()
          Returns a description of the class and the required parameters.
 DoubleDistance distance(V o1, V o2)
          Computes the cosine distance for two given FeatureVectors.
 
Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.AbstractDoubleDistanceFunction
infiniteDistance, nullDistance, undefinedDistance, valueOf
 
Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.AbstractDistanceFunction
distance, distance, isInfiniteDistance, isNullDistance, isUndefinedDistance
 
Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.AbstractMeasurementFunction
getDatabase, matches, requiredInputPattern, setDatabase, setRequiredInputPattern
 
Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.utilities.optionhandling.AbstractParameterizable
addOption, checkGlobalParameterConstraints, deleteOption, description, description, getAttributeSettings, getParameters, getParameterValue, getPossibleOptions, inlineDescription, isSet, setParameters, setParameters
 
Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.logging.AbstractLoggable
debugFine, debugFiner, debugFinest, exception, message, progress, progress, progress, verbose, verbose, warning
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.MeasurementFunction
requiredInputPattern, setDatabase
 
Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.utilities.optionhandling.Parameterizable
checkGlobalParameterConstraints, getAttributeSettings, getParameters, getPossibleOptions, inlineDescription, setParameters
 

Constructor Detail

CosineDistanceFunction

public CosineDistanceFunction()
Provides a CosineDistanceFunction.

Method Detail

distance

public DoubleDistance distance(V o1,
                               V o2)
Computes the cosine distance for two given FeatureVectors.

Parameters:
o1 - first FeatureVector
o2 - second FeatureVector
Returns:
the cosine distance for two given FeatureVectors o1 and o2
See Also:
DistanceFunction.distance(de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.data.DatabaseObject, de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.data.DatabaseObject)

description

public String description()
Description copied from interface: Parameterizable
Returns a description of the class and the required parameters.

This description should be suitable for a usage description as for a standalone application.

Specified by:
description in interface Parameterizable
Overrides:
description in class AbstractParameterizable
Returns:
String a description of the class and the required parameters
See Also:
Parameterizable.description()

Release 0.1 (2008-07-10_1838)