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+import collections
+
+def normalise(frequencies):
+ """Scale a set of frequenies so they have a unit euclidean length
+
+ >>> sorted(normalise({1: 1, 2: 0}).items())
+ [(1, 1.0), (2, 0.0)]
+ >>> sorted(normalise({1: 1, 2: 1}).items())
+ [(1, 0.7071067811865475), (2, 0.7071067811865475)]
+ >>> sorted(normalise({1: 1, 2: 1, 3: 1}).items())
+ [(1, 0.5773502691896258), (2, 0.5773502691896258), (3, 0.5773502691896258)]
+ >>> sorted(normalise({1: 1, 2: 2, 3: 1}).items())
+ [(1, 0.4082482904638631), (2, 0.8164965809277261), (3, 0.4082482904638631)]
+ """
+ length = sum([f ** 2 for f in frequencies.values()]) ** 0.5
+ return collections.defaultdict(int, ((k, v / length) for (k, v) in frequencies.items()))
+
+def scale(frequencies):
+ """Scale a set of frequencies so the largest is 1
+
+ >>> sorted(scale({1: 1, 2: 0}).items())
+ [(1, 1.0), (2, 0.0)]
+ >>> sorted(scale({1: 1, 2: 1}).items())
+ [(1, 1.0), (2, 1.0)]
+ >>> sorted(scale({1: 1, 2: 1, 3: 1}).items())
+ [(1, 1.0), (2, 1.0), (3, 1.0)]
+ >>> sorted(scale({1: 1, 2: 2, 3: 1}).items())
+ [(1, 0.5), (2, 1.0), (3, 0.5)]
+ """
+ largest = max(frequencies.values())
+ return collections.defaultdict(int, ((k, v / largest) for (k, v) in frequencies.items()))
+
+
+def l2(frequencies1, frequencies2):
+ """Finds the distances between two frequency profiles, expressed as dictionaries.
+ Assumes every key in frequencies1 is also in frequencies2
+
+ >>> l2({'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1}, {'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1})
+ 0.0
+ >>> l2({'a':2, 'b':2, 'c':2}, {'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1})
+ 1.7320508075688772
+ >>> l2(normalise({'a':2, 'b':2, 'c':2}), normalise({'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1}))
+ 0.0
+ >>> l2({'a':0, 'b':2, 'c':0}, {'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1})
+ 1.7320508075688772
+ >>> l2(normalise({'a':0, 'b':2, 'c':0}), normalise({'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1}))
+ 0.9194016867619662
+ >>> l2({'a':0, 'b':1}, {'a':1, 'b':1})
+ 1.0
+ """
+ total = 0
+ for k in frequencies1.keys():
+ total += (frequencies1[k] - frequencies2[k]) ** 2
+ return total ** 0.5
+euclidean_distance = l2
+
+def l1(frequencies1, frequencies2):
+ """Finds the distances between two frequency profiles, expressed as dictionaries.
+ Assumes every key in frequencies1 is also in frequencies2
+
+ >>> l1({'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1}, {'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1})
+ 0
+ >>> l1({'a':2, 'b':2, 'c':2}, {'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1})
+ 3
+ >>> l1(normalise({'a':2, 'b':2, 'c':2}), normalise({'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1}))
+ 0.0
+ >>> l1({'a':0, 'b':2, 'c':0}, {'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1})
+ 3
+ >>> l1({'a':0, 'b':1}, {'a':1, 'b':1})
+ 1
+ """
+ total = 0
+ for k in frequencies1.keys():
+ total += abs(frequencies1[k] - frequencies2[k])
+ return total
+
+def l3(frequencies1, frequencies2):
+ """Finds the distances between two frequency profiles, expressed as dictionaries.
+ Assumes every key in frequencies1 is also in frequencies2
+
+ >>> l3({'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1}, {'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1})
+ 0.0
+ >>> l3({'a':2, 'b':2, 'c':2}, {'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1})
+ 1.4422495703074083
+ >>> l3({'a':0, 'b':2, 'c':0}, {'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1})
+ 1.4422495703074083
+ >>> l3(normalise({'a':0, 'b':2, 'c':0}), normalise({'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1}))
+ 0.7721675487598008
+ >>> l3({'a':0, 'b':1}, {'a':1, 'b':1})
+ 1.0
+ >>> l3(normalise({'a':0, 'b':1}), normalise({'a':1, 'b':1}))
+ 0.7234757712960591
+ """
+ total = 0
+ for k in frequencies1.keys():
+ total += abs(frequencies1[k] - frequencies2[k]) ** 3
+ return total ** (1/3)
+
+def cosine_distance(frequencies1, frequencies2):
+ """Finds the distances between two frequency profiles, expressed as dictionaries.
+ Assumes every key in frequencies1 is also in frequencies2
+
+ >>> cosine_distance({'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1}, {'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1})
+ -2.220446049250313e-16
+ >>> cosine_distance({'a':2, 'b':2, 'c':2}, {'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1})
+ -2.220446049250313e-16
+ >>> cosine_distance({'a':0, 'b':2, 'c':0}, {'a':1, 'b':1, 'c':1})
+ 0.42264973081037416
+ >>> cosine_distance({'a':0, 'b':1}, {'a':1, 'b':1})
+ 0.29289321881345254
+ """
+ numerator = 0
+ length1 = 0
+ length2 = 0
+ for k in frequencies1.keys():
+ numerator += frequencies1[k] * frequencies2[k]
+ length1 += frequencies1[k]**2
+ for k in frequencies2.keys():
+ length2 += frequencies2[k]
+ return 1 - (numerator / (length1 ** 0.5 * length2 ** 0.5))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ import doctest
+ doctest.testmod()