de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.probabilistic

Class JeffreyDivergenceDistanceFunction

java.lang.Object

de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.AbstractPrimitiveDistanceFunction<NumberVector>

de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.AbstractNumberVectorDistanceFunction

de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.AbstractSpatialDistanceFunction

de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.probabilistic.JeffreyDivergenceDistanceFunction

All Implemented Interfaces:

DistanceFunction<NumberVector>, NumberVectorDistanceFunction<NumberVector>, PrimitiveDistanceFunction<NumberVector>, SpatialPrimitiveDistanceFunction<NumberVector>

Direct Known Subclasses:

JensenShannonDivergenceDistanceFunction

@Reference(authors="J. Puzicha, J.M. Buhmann, Y. Rubner, C. Tomasi",
           title="Empirical evaluation of dissimilarity measures for color and texture",
           booktitle="Proc. 7th IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision",
           url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCV.1999.790412")
public class JeffreyDivergenceDistanceFunction
extends AbstractSpatialDistanceFunction

Jeffrey Divergence Distance for NumberVectors. Reference:

J. Puzicha, J.M. Buhmann, Y. Rubner, C. Tomasi
Empirical evaluation of dissimilarity measures for color and texture
Proc. 7th IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision

Author:

Erich Schubert

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	JeffreyDivergenceDistanceFunction.Parameterizer Parameterization class, using the static instance.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static JeffreyDivergenceDistanceFunction	STATIC Static instance.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JeffreyDivergenceDistanceFunction() Deprecated. Use static instance!

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	distance(NumberVector v1, NumberVector v2) Computes the distance between two given DatabaseObjects according to this distance function.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
double	minDist(SpatialComparable mbr1, SpatialComparable mbr2) Computes the distance between the two given MBRs according to this distance function.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.AbstractSpatialDistanceFunction

instantiate

Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.AbstractNumberVectorDistanceFunction

dimensionality, dimensionality, dimensionality, dimensionality, getInputTypeRestriction

Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.AbstractPrimitiveDistanceFunction

isMetric, isSymmetric

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.PrimitiveDistanceFunction

getInputTypeRestriction

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.DistanceFunction

isMetric, isSymmetric

Field Detail

STATIC

public static final JeffreyDivergenceDistanceFunction STATIC

Static instance. Use this!

Constructor Detail

JeffreyDivergenceDistanceFunction

@Deprecated
public JeffreyDivergenceDistanceFunction()

Deprecated. Use static instance!

Constructor for the Jeffrey divergence - use STATIC instead.

Method Detail

distance

public double distance(NumberVector v1,
              NumberVector v2)

Description copied from interface: PrimitiveDistanceFunction

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

Specified by:

distance in interface NumberVectorDistanceFunction<NumberVector>

Specified by:

distance in interface PrimitiveDistanceFunction<NumberVector>

Specified by:

distance in class AbstractPrimitiveDistanceFunction<NumberVector>

Parameters:

v1 - first DatabaseObject

v2 - second DatabaseObject

Returns:

the distance between two given DatabaseObjects according to this distance function

minDist

public double minDist(SpatialComparable mbr1,
             SpatialComparable mbr2)

Description copied from interface: SpatialPrimitiveDistanceFunction

Computes the distance between the two given MBRs according to this distance function.

Parameters:

mbr1 - the first MBR object

mbr2 - the second MBR object

Returns:

the distance between the two given MBRs according to this distance function

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object