DiceDissimilarity[x,y]
gives the Dice dissimilarity between Boolean vectors x and y.


DiceDissimilarity
DiceDissimilarity[x,y]
gives the Dice dissimilarity between Boolean vectors x and y.
Details

- DiceDissimilarity works for both True, False vectors and 0, 1 vectors.
- DiceDissimilarity[u,v] is equivalent to (n10+n01)/(2n11+n10+n01), where nij is the number of corresponding pairs of elements in u and v respectively equal to i and j.
Examples
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Scope (2)
Applications (2)
Properties & Relations (4)
Dice dissimilarity is bounded by 0 and 1:
DiceDissimilarity is less than or equal to JaccardDissimilarity:
DiceDissimilarity is less than or equal to SokalSneathDissimilarity:
DiceDissimilarity is less than or equal to RussellRaoDissimilarity:
Tech Notes
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), DiceDissimilarity, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DiceDissimilarity.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "DiceDissimilarity." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DiceDissimilarity.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). DiceDissimilarity. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DiceDissimilarity.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_dicedissimilarity, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DiceDissimilarity}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DiceDissimilarity.html}", note=[Accessed: 07-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_dicedissimilarity, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DiceDissimilarity}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DiceDissimilarity.html}, note=[Accessed: 07-August-2025]}