Class ExactMatchDistance
- java.lang.Object
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- org.cicirello.sequences.distance.ExactMatchDistance
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- All Implemented Interfaces:
SequenceDistanceMeasurer
,SequenceDistanceMeasurerDouble
public final class ExactMatchDistance extends Object
ExactMatch distance (or Hamming Distance) of a pair of non-binary strings (or more generally sequences) is the number of sequence (or string) positions where the two sequences differ. This class supports comparison of Java String objects, as well as comparisons of arrays of any of Java's eight primitive types, and arrays of any object type. It is the count of the number of positions for which the two sequences contain different elements.
Most other implementations of Hamming distance require the two strings to be of the same length. Ours does not. If the two sequences (i.e., arrays or Strings) are of different lengths, then the difference in length affects distance. E.g., although "abbd" is a distance of 1 from "abcd" since they differ in one position, "abbd" is a distance of 4 from "abcdefg" (the one difference, plus the three extra characters).
Runtime: O(n), where n is the length of the shorter of the two sequences.
If your sequences are guaranteed not to have duplicates, and to contain the same set of elements, then consider instead using the
ExactMatchDistance
class, which assumes permutations of the integers from 0 to N-1.Exact match distance was introduced specifically for permutations in:
S. Ronald, "More distance functions for order-based encodings," in Proc. IEEE CEC. IEEE Press, 1998, pp. 558–563.
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Constructor Description ExactMatchDistance()
Constructs the distance measurer as specified in the class documentation.
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method Description int
distance(boolean[] s1, boolean[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.int
distance(byte[] s1, byte[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.int
distance(char[] s1, char[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.int
distance(double[] s1, double[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.int
distance(float[] s1, float[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.int
distance(int[] s1, int[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.int
distance(long[] s1, long[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.int
distance(short[] s1, short[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.int
distance(Object[] s1, Object[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays of objects.int
distance(String s1, String s2)
Measures the distance between two Strings.<T> int
distance(List<T> s1, List<T> s2)
Measures the distance between two lists of objects.double
distancef(boolean[] s1, boolean[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.double
distancef(byte[] s1, byte[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.double
distancef(char[] s1, char[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.double
distancef(double[] s1, double[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.double
distancef(float[] s1, float[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.double
distancef(int[] s1, int[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.double
distancef(long[] s1, long[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.double
distancef(short[] s1, short[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.double
distancef(Object[] s1, Object[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays of objects.double
distancef(String s1, String s2)
Measures the distance between two Strings.<T> double
distancef(List<T> s1, List<T> s2)
Measures the distance between two lists of objects.
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Method Detail
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distance
public int distance(int[] s1, int[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distance
public int distance(long[] s1, long[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distance
public int distance(short[] s1, short[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distance
public int distance(byte[] s1, byte[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distance
public int distance(char[] s1, char[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distance
public int distance(boolean[] s1, boolean[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distance
public int distance(double[] s1, double[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distance
public int distance(float[] s1, float[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distance
public int distance(String s1, String s2)
Measures the distance between two Strings.- Parameters:
s1
- First String.s2
- Second String.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distance
public int distance(Object[] s1, Object[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays of objects. The objects in the arrays must be of a class that has overridden the Object.equals method.- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distance
public <T> int distance(List<T> s1, List<T> s2)
Measures the distance between two lists of objects. The objects in the lists must be of a class that has overridden the Object.equals method.- Type Parameters:
T
- Type of List elements.- Parameters:
s1
- First list.s2
- Second list.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distancef
public final double distancef(long[] s1, long[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Specified by:
distancef
in interfaceSequenceDistanceMeasurerDouble
- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distancef
public final double distancef(int[] s1, int[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Specified by:
distancef
in interfaceSequenceDistanceMeasurerDouble
- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distancef
public final double distancef(short[] s1, short[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Specified by:
distancef
in interfaceSequenceDistanceMeasurerDouble
- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distancef
public final double distancef(byte[] s1, byte[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Specified by:
distancef
in interfaceSequenceDistanceMeasurerDouble
- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distancef
public final double distancef(char[] s1, char[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Specified by:
distancef
in interfaceSequenceDistanceMeasurerDouble
- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distancef
public final double distancef(double[] s1, double[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Specified by:
distancef
in interfaceSequenceDistanceMeasurerDouble
- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distancef
public final double distancef(float[] s1, float[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Specified by:
distancef
in interfaceSequenceDistanceMeasurerDouble
- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distancef
public final double distancef(boolean[] s1, boolean[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays.- Specified by:
distancef
in interfaceSequenceDistanceMeasurerDouble
- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distancef
public final double distancef(String s1, String s2)
Measures the distance between two Strings.- Specified by:
distancef
in interfaceSequenceDistanceMeasurerDouble
- Parameters:
s1
- First String.s2
- Second String.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distancef
public final double distancef(Object[] s1, Object[] s2)
Measures the distance between two arrays of objects. The objects in the arrays must be of a class that has overridden the Object.equals method.- Specified by:
distancef
in interfaceSequenceDistanceMeasurerDouble
- Parameters:
s1
- First array.s2
- Second array.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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distancef
public final <T> double distancef(List<T> s1, List<T> s2)
Measures the distance between two lists of objects. The objects in the lists must be of a class that has overridden the Object.equals method.- Specified by:
distancef
in interfaceSequenceDistanceMeasurerDouble
- Type Parameters:
T
- Type of List elements.- Parameters:
s1
- First list.s2
- Second list.- Returns:
- distance between s1 and s2
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