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Inequality¤

Returns success if values are not equal, failure otherwise.

Characteristics¤

This is a boolean distance measure, i.e., all distances are either 0 or 1.

Compares single values (as opposed to sequences of values). If multiple values are provided, all values are compared and the lowest distance is returned.

Examples¤

Notation: List of values are represented via square brackets. Example: [first, second] represents a list of two values “first” and “second”.


Returns distance 0, if the values are different:

  • Input values:

    • Source: [max]
    • Target: [john]
  • Returns: 0.0


Returns distance 1, if the values are equal:

  • Input values:

    • Source: [max]
    • Target: [max]
  • Returns: 1.0


If multiple values are provided, returns 0, if at least one value does not match:

  • Input values:

    • Source: [max, helmut]
    • Target: [max]
  • Returns: 0.0


If multiple values are provided, returns 1, if all value match:

  • Input values:

    • Source: [max, max]
    • Target: [max, max]
  • Returns: 1.0

Parameter¤

None

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