smile.taxonomy

Class TaxonomicDistance

java.lang.Object

smile.taxonomy.TaxonomicDistance

All Implemented Interfaces:

Distance<Concept>

public class TaxonomicDistance
extends Object
implements Distance<Concept>

The distance between concepts in a taxonomy. The distance between two concepts a and b is defined by the length of the path from a to their lowest common ancestor and then to b.

Author:

Haifeng Li

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TaxonomicDistance(Taxonomy taxonomy) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	d(Concept x, Concept y) Compute the distance between two concepts in a taxonomy.
double	d(String x, String y) Compute the distance between two concepts in a taxonomy.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TaxonomicDistance

public TaxonomicDistance(Taxonomy taxonomy)

Constructor.

Parameters:

taxonomy - the taxonomy that this distance is associated with.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

d

public double d(String x,
                String y)

Compute the distance between two concepts in a taxonomy.

d

public double d(Concept x,
                Concept y)

Compute the distance between two concepts in a taxonomy.

Specified by:

d in interface Distance<Concept>