NICE_VisLearning/math/distances/ChiSqDistance.cpp

/** 
* @file ChiSqDistance.cpp
* @brief $\chi^2$ distance measure
* @author Erik Rodner
* @date 02/19/2008

*/
#include <iostream>

#include "vislearning/math/distances/ChiSqDistance.h"

using namespace OBJREC;

using namespace std;
// refactor-nice.pl: check this substitution
// old: using namespace ice;
using namespace NICE;



ChiSqDistance::ChiSqDistance()
{
}

ChiSqDistance::~ChiSqDistance()
{
}

double ChiSqDistance::doCalculate (const NICE::Vector & x, const NICE::Vector & y) const
{
    double dist = 0.0;
    for ( int i = 0 ; i < (int)x.size() ; i++ )
    {
	double u = x[i];
	double v = y[i];
	double s = u+v;

	// lim_{(p,q) \rightarrow \infty} ( (p-q)^2 / (p+q) = 0
	if ( fabs(s) < 10e-6 ) continue;
	double d = u-v;
	dist += d*d / s;
    }
    return 0.5*dist;
}