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package com.rapidminer.operator.similarity.attributebased;
/**
* The Manhattan distance.
*
* @author Michael Wurst
* @version $Id: ManhattanDistance.java,v 1.5 2008/09/12 10:31:20 tobiasmalbrecht Exp $
*/
public class ManhattanDistance extends AbstractRealValueBasedSimilarity {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 8474016535469349464L;
public double similarity(double[] e1, double[] e2) {
double sum = 0.0;
int counter = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < e1.length; i++) {
if ((!Double.isNaN(e1[i])) && (!Double.isNaN(e2[i]))) {
sum = sum + Math.abs(e1[i] - e2[i]);
counter++;
}
}
double d = sum;
if (counter > 0)
return d;
else
return Double.NaN;
}
public boolean isDistance() {
return true;
}
}