es.upv.dsic.gti_ia.argAgents
Class Metrics

java.lang.Object
  es.upv.dsic.gti_ia.argAgents.Metrics

public class Metrics
extends Object

This class contains metrics that are used in the CBR algorithm to measure the similarity between case attributes, base on their distance.

Constructor Summary

Metrics()

Method Summary

static int	dist(Date a, Date b) This method calculates the distance between two Date Objects.
static float	dist(float a, float b) This method calculates the distance between two floats.
static int	dist(int a, int b) This method calculates the distance between two integers.
static int	dist(String sp, String tp) This method calculates the edition distance between two Strings.
static float	doDist(String a, String b) This method decide about which is the data type of the attributes that are contained in the Strings that will be compared, and return the distance between them.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Metrics

public Metrics()

Method Detail

doDist

public static float doDist(String a,
                           String b)

This method decide about which is the data type of the attributes that are contained in the Strings that will be compared, and return the distance between them.

Parameters:

a - an String that contains an attribute.

b - an String that contains an attribute.

dist

public static float dist(float a,
                         float b)

This method calculates the distance between two floats.

Parameters:

a - a float data

b - a float data

Returns:

the distance between two floats.

dist

public static int dist(int a,
                       int b)

This method calculates the distance between two integers.

Parameters:

a - an integer data

b - an integer data

Returns:

the distance between two integers.

dist

public static int dist(Date a,
                       Date b)

This method calculates the distance between two Date Objects.

Parameters:

a - a Date Object

b - a Date Object

Returns:

the distance between two Date Objects.

dist

public static int dist(String sp,
                       String tp)

This method calculates the edition distance between two Strings.

Parameters:

sp - a String Object.

tp - a String Object.

Returns:

the edition distance between two Strings.