MinKernel.java

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 *    Copyright 2013 Aurelian Tutuianu
 *    Copyright 2014 Aurelian Tutuianu
 *    Copyright 2015 Aurelian Tutuianu
 *    Copyright 2016 Aurelian Tutuianu
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package rapaio.ml.classifier.svm.kernel;

import rapaio.data.Frame;

/**
 * The Histogram Intersection Kernel is also known as the Min Kernel
 * and has been proven useful in image classification.
 * <p>
 * k(x,y) = \sum_{i=1}^n \min(x_i,y_i)
 * <p>
 * Created by <a href="mailto:padreati@yahoo.com">Aurelian Tutuianu</a> at 1/21/15.
 */
public class MinKernel extends AbstractKernel {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2388704255494979581L;

    @Override
    public double eval(Frame df1, int row1, Frame df2, int row2) {
        double sum = 0;
        for (String varName : varNames) {
            sum += Math.min(df1.value(row1, varName), df2.value(row2, varName));
        }
        return sum;
    }

    @Override
    public Kernel newInstance() {
        return new MinKernel();
    }

    @Override
    public String name() {
        return "Min";
    }
}