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BrayCurtisDistance[u,v]

gives the Bray–Curtis distance between vectors u and v.

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BrayCurtisDistance

BrayCurtisDistance[u,v]

gives the Bray–Curtis distance between vectors u and v.

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Basic Examples  (2)

Bray–Curtis distance between two vectors:

Bray–Curtis distance between numeric vectors:

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  (3)

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:

Wolfram Research (2007), BrayCurtisDistance, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BrayCurtisDistance.html.

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Wolfram Research (2007), BrayCurtisDistance, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BrayCurtisDistance.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2007. "BrayCurtisDistance." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BrayCurtisDistance.html.

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Wolfram Language. (2007). BrayCurtisDistance. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BrayCurtisDistance.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_braycurtisdistance, author="Wolfram Research", title="{BrayCurtisDistance}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BrayCurtisDistance.html}", note=[Accessed: 31-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_braycurtisdistance, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={BrayCurtisDistance}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/BrayCurtisDistance.html}, note=[Accessed: 31-August-2025]}