net.sf.tweety.math.norm

Class ProbabilisticAggregatingNorm

java.lang.Object

net.sf.tweety.math.norm.ProbabilisticAggregatingNorm

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Norm<java.util.Vector<java.lang.Double>>, RealVectorNorm

public class ProbabilisticAggregatingNorm
extends java.lang.Object
implements RealVectorNorm, java.io.Serializable

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

Author:

Matthias Thimm

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private AggregationFunction	aggregator The aggregation function used for computing the distance.
private static long	serialVersionUID
private int	weight A parameter for adjusting the aggregation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

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Constant Field Values

aggregator

private AggregationFunction aggregator

The aggregation function used for computing the distance.

weight

private int weight

A parameter for adjusting the aggregation.

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(java.util.Vector<java.lang.Double> l1,
                       java.util.Vector<java.lang.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<java.util.Vector<java.lang.Double>>

Parameters:

l1 - some object

l2 - some object

Returns:

the distance between the two objects

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

norm

public double norm(java.util.Vector<java.lang.Double> obj)

Description copied from interface: Norm

Returns the norm of the given object

Specified by:

norm in interface Norm<java.util.Vector<java.lang.Double>>

Parameters:

obj - some object

Returns:

the norm of the object

normTerm

public Term normTerm(java.util.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(java.util.Vector<Term> obj1,
                         java.util.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