IDistanceMetric (jaicore-basic 0.2.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

org.api4.java.common.math.IMetric<double[]>

All Known Subinterfaces:

ITimeseriesDistanceMetric

All Known Implementing Classes:

AWeightedTrigometricDistance, ComplexityInvariantDistance, DerivateDistance, DerivateTransformDistance, DynamicTimeWarping, EuclideanDistance, ManhattanDistance, MoveSplitMerge, ShotgunDistance, TimeWarpEditDistance, TransformDistance, WeightedDynamicTimeWarping
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public interface IDistanceMetric
extends org.api4.java.common.math.IMetric<double[]>
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Interface that describes a distance measure of two time series.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`double`	`distance(double[] a, double[] b)`	Calculates the distance between two time series.
`default double`	`getDistance(double[] a, double[] b)`

- Method Detail
  - distance
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double distance(double[] a,
                double[] b)
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    Calculates the distance between two time series.
    
    Parameters:
    
    a - First time series.
    
    b - Second time series.
    
    Returns:
    
    Distance between the first and second time series.
  - getDistance
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default double getDistance(double[] a,
                           double[] b)
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    Specified by:
    
    getDistance in interface org.api4.java.common.math.IMetric<double[]>