org.apache.ctakes.ytex.kernel.metric

Interface SimilarityMetric

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseSimilarityMetric, IntrinsicLCHMetric, IntrinsicPathMetric, IntrinsicRadaMetric, JaccardMetric, LCHMetric, LinMetric, PageRankMetric, PathMetric, RadaMetric, SokalSneathMetric, WuPalmerMetric

public interface SimilarityMetric

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	similarity(String concept1, String concept2, Map<String,Double> conceptFilter, SimilarityInfo simInfo)

Method Detail

similarity

double similarity(String concept1,
                  String concept2,
                  Map<String,Double> conceptFilter,
                  SimilarityInfo simInfo)

Parameters:

concept1 - required - concept id

concept2 - required - concept id

conceptFilter - optional. map of concept id to relevance (infogain) for all concepts. Only lcses from this map will be considered.

simInfo - optional. if provided, we will fill in the path information and lcs of simInfo

Returns:

similarity