de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.similarityfunction

Interface DBIDSimilarityFunction<D extends Distance<D>>

Type Parameters:

D - distance type

All Superinterfaces:

InspectionUtilFrequentlyScanned, Parameterizable, SimilarityFunction<DBID,D>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDBIDSimilarityFunction

public interface DBIDSimilarityFunction<D extends Distance<D>>
extends SimilarityFunction<DBID,D>

Interface DBIDSimilarityFunction describes the requirements of any similarity function defined over object IDs.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
D	similarity(DBID id1, DBID id2) Computes the similarity between two given DatabaseObjects according to this similarity function.

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.similarityfunction.SimilarityFunction

getDistanceFactory, getInputTypeRestriction, instantiate, isSymmetric

Method Detail

similarity

D similarity(DBID id1,
           DBID id2)

Computes the similarity between two given DatabaseObjects according to this similarity function.

Parameters:

id1 - first object id

id2 - second object id

Returns:

the similarity between two given DatabaseObjects according to this similarity function