ClusteringDistanceSimilarity (ELKI: Environment for DeveLoping KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures)

All Superinterfaces:

Distance<Clustering<?>>, PrimitiveDistance<Clustering<?>>, PrimitiveSimilarity<Clustering<?>>, Similarity<Clustering<?>>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClusteringAdjustedRandIndexSimilarity, ClusteringBCubedF1Similarity, ClusteringFowlkesMallowsSimilarity, ClusteringRandIndexSimilarity
```
public interface ClusteringDistanceSimilarity
extends PrimitiveSimilarity<Clustering<?>>, PrimitiveDistance<Clustering<?>>
```
Distance and similarity measure for clusterings.

Since:

0.7.0

Author:

Erich Schubert

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<T extends Clustering<?>> DistanceSimilarityQuery<T>`	`instantiate(Relation<T> relation)`	Instantiate with a representation to get the actual similarity query.
`default boolean`	`isSymmetric()`	Is this function symmetric?

Methods inherited from interface elki.distance.Distance
isMetric, isSquared

Methods inherited from interface elki.distance.PrimitiveDistance
distance, getInputTypeRestriction

Methods inherited from interface elki.similarity.PrimitiveSimilarity
similarity

Methods inherited from interface elki.similarity.Similarity
getInputTypeRestriction

- Method Detail
  - isSymmetric
```
default boolean isSymmetric()
```
    Description copied from interface: Similarity
    
    Is this function symmetric?
    
    Specified by:
    
    isSymmetric in interface Distance<Clustering<?>>
    
    Specified by:
    
    isSymmetric in interface Similarity<Clustering<?>>
    
    Returns:
    
    true when symmetric
  - instantiate
```
<T extends Clustering<?>> DistanceSimilarityQuery<T> instantiate(Relation<T> relation)
```
    Description copied from interface: Similarity
    
    Instantiate with a representation to get the actual similarity query.
    
    Specified by:
    
    instantiate in interface Distance<Clustering<?>>
    
    Specified by:
    
    instantiate in interface PrimitiveDistance<Clustering<?>>
    
    Specified by:
    
    instantiate in interface PrimitiveSimilarity<Clustering<?>>
    
    Specified by:
    
    instantiate in interface Similarity<Clustering<?>>
    
    Parameters:
    
    relation - Representation to use
    
    Returns:
    
    Actual distance query.