Tanimoto Coefficient

Tanimoto Coefficient

The Tanimoto coefficient between two points, a and b, with k dimensions is calculated as:

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The Tanimoto similarity is only applicable for a binary variable, and for binary variables the Tanimoto coefficient ranges from 0 to +1 (where +1 is the highest similarity).

posted @ 2015-10-23 21:16  林大勇  阅读(718)  评论(0)  编辑  收藏  举报