com.aliasi.matrix
Class CosineDistance

java.lang.Object
  com.aliasi.matrix.CosineDistance

All Implemented Interfaces:

Proximity<Vector>, Serializable

public class CosineDistance
extends Object
implements Proximity<Vector>, Serializable

The CosineDistance class implements proximity as vector cosine. Distance is defined as one minus the proximity.

The vector cosine operation is defined in the vector interface, Vector.cosine(Vector)

Since:

LingPipe3.1

Version:

3.1.3

Author:

Bob Carpenter

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static CosineDistance

DISTANCE A constant for the cosine distance.

Constructor Summary

CosineDistance()
Construct a cosine proximity.

Method Summary

double	distance(Vector v1, Vector v2) Returns one minus the proximity of the vectors.
double	proximity(Vector v1, Vector v2) Returns the cosine between the specified vectors.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DISTANCE

public static final CosineDistance DISTANCE

A constant for the cosine distance. Because the distance function is thread safe, this single instance may be used wherever the cosine distance is needed.

Constructor Detail

CosineDistance

public CosineDistance()

Construct a cosine proximity.

Method Detail

distance

public double distance(Vector v1,
                       Vector v2)

Returns one minus the proximity of the vectors.

    distance(v1,v2) = 1.0 - proximity(v1,v2)

With this definition, distances run between 0 and 2, with identical vectors being at distance 0, orthogonal vectors at distance 1 and oppositive vectors at distance 2.

Parameters:

v1 - First vector.

v2 - Second vector.

Returns:

The negative cosine between the first and second vector.

proximity

public double proximity(Vector v1,
                        Vector v2)

Returns the cosine between the specified vectors. The proximity will be 1 if the vectors are identical in direction, 0 if they are orthogonal, and -1 if they are in opposite directions.

Specified by:

proximity in interface Proximity<Vector>

Parameters:

v1 - First vector.

v2 - Second vector.

Returns:

The cosine between the first and second vector.