weka.core
Class EditDistance

java.lang.Object
  extended by weka.core.NormalizableDistance
      extended by weka.core.AbstractStringDistanceFunction
          extended by weka.core.EditDistance
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable, DistanceFunction, OptionHandler, RevisionHandler

public class EditDistance
extends AbstractStringDistanceFunction

Computes the Levenshtein edit distance between two strings.

Version:
$Revision: 1.2 $
Author:
Bruno Woltzenlogel Paleo
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class weka.core.NormalizableDistance
R_MAX, R_MIN, R_WIDTH
 
Constructor Summary
EditDistance()
           
EditDistance(Instances data)
           
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.String getRevision()
          Returns the revision string.
 java.lang.String globalInfo()
          Returns a string describing this object.
 
Methods inherited from class weka.core.AbstractStringDistanceFunction
distance
 
Methods inherited from class weka.core.NormalizableDistance
attributeIndicesTipText, distance, distance, distance, dontNormalizeTipText, getAttributeIndices, getDontNormalize, getInstances, getInvertSelection, getOptions, getRanges, initializeRanges, initializeRanges, initializeRanges, initializeRangesEmpty, inRanges, invertSelectionTipText, listOptions, postProcessDistances, rangesSet, setAttributeIndices, setDontNormalize, setInstances, setInvertSelection, setOptions, toString, update, updateRanges, updateRanges, updateRanges, updateRangesFirst
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

EditDistance

public EditDistance()

EditDistance

public EditDistance(Instances data)
Method Detail

globalInfo

public java.lang.String globalInfo()
Returns a string describing this object.

Specified by:
globalInfo in class NormalizableDistance
Returns:
a description of the evaluator suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

getRevision

public java.lang.String getRevision()
Returns the revision string.

Returns:
the revision