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BrayCurtisDistance
BrayCurtisDistance
gives the Bray-Curtis distance between vectors
u
and
v
.
MORE INFORMATION
BrayCurtisDistance
is equivalent to
Total
[
Abs
[
u
-
v
]]/
Total
[
Abs
[
u
+
v
]]
.
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EXAMPLES
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Basic Examples
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Bray-Curtis distance between two vectors:
Bray-Curtis distance between numeric vectors:
Bray-Curtis distance between two vectors:
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Out[1]=
Bray-Curtis distance between numeric vectors:
In[1]:=
Out[1]=
Scope
(2)
Compute the distance between any vectors of equal length:
Compute the distance between vectors of any precision:
Applications
(1)
Cluster data using Bray-Curtis distance:
Properties & Relations
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Bray-Curtis distance is a ratio of sums of absolute differences and sums:
Bray-Curtis distance is equivalent to a ratio of norms:
Bray-Curtis distance is a ratio of Manhattan distances:
SEE ALSO
CanberraDistance
EuclideanDistance
ManhattanDistance
ChessboardDistance
TUTORIALS
Partitioning Data into Clusters
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