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BrayCurtisDistance

BrayCurtisDistance[u, v]
gives the Bray-Curtis distance between vectors

and

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BrayCurtisDistance[u, v] is equivalent to Total[Abs[u-v]]/Total[Abs[u+v]]. »

Basic Examples (2)

Bray-Curtis distance between two vectors:

Bray-Curtis distance between numeric vectors:

Applications (1)

Properties & Relations (3)

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