Package net.sf.tweety.math.norm

Class ProbabilisticAggregatingNorm

java.lang.Object

net.sf.tweety.math.norm.ProbabilisticAggregatingNorm

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Norm<Vector<Double>>, RealVectorNorm

public class ProbabilisticAggregatingNorm
extends Object
implements RealVectorNorm, Serializable

This distance function uses an aggregator on a probabilistically normalized distance for probabilities of each value.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ProbabilisticAggregatingNorm(AggregationFunction aggregator, int weight)	Creates a new distance function with the given aggregator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
double	distance(Vector<Double> l1, Vector<Double> l2)	The distance between the two object, i.e.
Term	distanceTerm(Vector<Term> obj1, Vector<Term> obj2)	The distance between the two objects as a term.
Term	distanceTerm(Term[] obj1, Term[] obj2)	The distance between the two objects as a term.
double	norm(Vector<Double> obj)	Returns the norm of the given object
Term	normTerm(Vector<Term> obj)	Returns the norm as a term of the given terms
Term	normTerm(Term[] obj)	Returns the norm as a term of the given terms
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ProbabilisticAggregatingNorm

public ProbabilisticAggregatingNorm(AggregationFunction aggregator,
                                    int weight)

Creates a new distance function with the given aggregator.

Parameters:

aggregator - some aggregation function.

weight - a parameter for adjusting the aggregation.

Method Detail

distance

public double distance(Vector<Double> l1,
                       Vector<Double> l2)

Description copied from interface: Norm

The distance between the two object, i.e. the norm of the difference vector.

Specified by:

distance in interface Norm<Vector<Double>>

Parameters:

l1 - some object

l2 - some object

Returns:

the distance between the two objects

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

norm

public double norm(Vector<Double> obj)

Description copied from interface: Norm

Returns the norm of the given object

Specified by:

norm in interface Norm<Vector<Double>>

Parameters:

obj - some object

Returns:

the norm of the object

normTerm

public Term normTerm(Vector<Term> obj)

Description copied from interface: RealVectorNorm

Returns the norm as a term of the given terms

Specified by:

normTerm in interface RealVectorNorm

Parameters:

obj - some term vector

Returns:

the term of the norm

normTerm

public Term normTerm(Term[] obj)

Description copied from interface: RealVectorNorm

Returns the norm as a term of the given terms

Specified by:

normTerm in interface RealVectorNorm

Parameters:

obj - some term array

Returns:

the term of the norm

distanceTerm

public Term distanceTerm(Vector<Term> obj1,
                         Vector<Term> obj2)

Description copied from interface: RealVectorNorm

The distance between the two objects as a term.

Specified by:

distanceTerm in interface RealVectorNorm

Parameters:

obj1 - some terms

obj2 - some terms

Returns:

the distance between the two objects as a term

distanceTerm

public Term distanceTerm(Term[] obj1,
                         Term[] obj2)

Description copied from interface: RealVectorNorm

The distance between the two objects as a term.

Specified by:

distanceTerm in interface RealVectorNorm

Parameters:

obj1 - some terms

obj2 - some terms

Returns:

the distance between the two objects as a term