CanberraDistance[u,v]
gives the Canberra distance between vectors u and v.


CanberraDistance
CanberraDistance[u,v]
gives the Canberra distance between vectors u and v.
Examples
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Scope (2)
Properties & Relations (2)
Canberra distance is a sum of scaled absolute differences:
CanberraDistance is equivalent to a Norm of scaled differences:
Tech Notes
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History
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), CanberraDistance, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CanberraDistance.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "CanberraDistance." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CanberraDistance.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). CanberraDistance. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CanberraDistance.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_canberradistance, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CanberraDistance}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CanberraDistance.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_canberradistance, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CanberraDistance}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CanberraDistance.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}