IMP  2.1.0
The Integrative Modeling Platform
Metric.h
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1 /**
2  * \file IMP/statistics/Metric.h
3  * \brief Cluster sets of points.
4  *
5  * Copyright 2007-2013 IMP Inventors. All rights reserved.
6  *
7  */
8 
9 #ifndef IMPSTATISTICS_METRIC_H
10 #define IMPSTATISTICS_METRIC_H
11 
12 #include <IMP/statistics/statistics_config.h>
13 #include <IMP/base/Object.h>
14 #include <IMP/base/object_macros.h>
16 
17 IMPSTATISTICS_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
18 
19 //! Store data to be clustered for distance metric based algorithms
20 /** Metric clustering needs a way of computing the
21  distances between the things being clustered. Classes that
22  implement this abstract base class provide a way of getting the
23  distance between any two items.
24  */
25 class IMPSTATISTICSEXPORT Metric : public IMP::base::Object {
26  protected:
27  Metric(std::string name);
28  //! By default return 1.0
29  virtual double do_get_weight(unsigned int i) const {
30  IMP_UNUSED(i);
31  return 1.0;
32  }
33 
34  public:
35  virtual double get_distance(unsigned int i, unsigned int j) const = 0;
36  /** Return a weight for the point. */
37  double get_weight(unsigned int i) const { return do_get_weight(i); }
38  virtual unsigned int get_number_of_items() const = 0;
40 };
41 
43 
44 IMPSTATISTICS_END_NAMESPACE
45 
46 #endif /* IMPSTATISTICS_METRIC_H */
#define IMP_UNUSED(variable)
virtual double do_get_weight(unsigned int i) const
By default return 1.0.
Definition: Metric.h:29
double get_weight(unsigned int i) const
Definition: Metric.h:37
double get_distance(const Plane3D &pln, const Vector3D &p)
Return the distance between a plane and a point in 3D.
Definition: Plane3D.h:68
Various general useful macros for IMP.
#define IMP_REF_COUNTED_NONTRIVIAL_DESTRUCTOR(Name)
Common base class for heavy weight IMP objects.
#define IMP_OBJECTS(Name, PluralName)
Define the types for storing sets of objects.
Various general useful macros for IMP.
A shared base class to help in debugging and things.
Store data to be clustered for distance metric based algorithms.
Definition: Metric.h:25