PermutationDistanceMeasurer (JavaPermutationTools - A Java library for computation on permutations)

All Superinterfaces:

PermutationDistanceMeasurerDouble

All Known Subinterfaces:

NormalizedPermutationDistanceMeasurer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AcyclicEdgeDistance, BlockInterchangeDistance, CyclicEdgeDistance, CyclicIndependentDistance, CyclicReversalIndependentDistance, CyclicRTypeDistance, DeviationDistance, ExactMatchDistance, InterchangeDistance, KendallTauDistance, LeeDistance, ReinsertionDistance, ReversalDistance, ReversalIndependentDistance, RTypeDistance, ScrambleDistance, SquaredDeviationDistance
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public interface PermutationDistanceMeasurer
extends PermutationDistanceMeasurerDouble
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Implement this interface, PermutationDistanceMeasurer, to define a distance metric for permutations.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`distance(Permutation p1, Permutation p2)`	Measures the distance between two permutations.
`default double`	`distancef(Permutation p1, Permutation p2)`	Measures the distance between two permutations

- Method Detail
  - distance
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int distance(Permutation p1,
             Permutation p2)
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    Measures the distance between two permutations.
    
    Parameters:
    
    p1 - first permutation
    
    p2 - second permutation
    
    Returns:
    
    distance between p1 and p2
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if p1.length() is not equal to p2.length().
  - distancef
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default double distancef(Permutation p1,
                         Permutation p2)
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    Measures the distance between two permutations
    
    Specified by:
    
    distancef in interface PermutationDistanceMeasurerDouble
    
    Parameters:
    
    p1 - first permutation
    
    p2 - second permutation
    
    Returns:
    
    distance between p1 and p2
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if p1.length() is not equal to p2.length().