BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL

ManhattanDistance

ManhattanDistance[u, v]
gives the Manhattan or "city block" distance between vectors u and v.

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ManhattanDistance[u, v] is equivalent to Total[Abs[u-v]]. »

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Manhattan distance between two vectors:

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Manhattan distance between numeric vectors:

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Scope (2)Scope (2)

Applications (2)Applications (2)

Properties & Relations (5)Properties & Relations (5)

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EuclideanDistance SquaredEuclideanDistance HammingDistance ChessboardDistance BrayCurtisDistance CanberraDistance CornerNeighbors

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