metricmodel.java

Kohonen network nural, framework for java developer

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* Copyright (c) 2006, Seweryn Habdank-Wojewodzki
* Copyright (c) 2006, Janusz Rybarski
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package metrics;

/**
 * Computes distance between pairs of objects.
 * @author Janusz Rybarski
 * e-mail: janusz.rybarski AT ae DOT krakow DOT pl
 * @author Seweryn Habdank-Wojewodzki
 * e-mail: habdank AT megapolis DOT pl
 * @version 1.0 2006/05/02
 */

public interface MetricModel {
    
    /**
     * Return value containing the distance information
     * @param firstVector first input vector
     * @param secondVector second input vector
     * @return distance inrormation
     */
    public double getDistance(double[] firstVector, double[] secondVector);
}