EuclideanMetric< T > Class Template Reference

Euclidean distance metric for vector types. More...

#include <MetricFactory.hpp>

Inherits Metric< T >.

Protected Member Functions
Metric< T >::scalar_type	doDistance (const typename Metric< T >::value_type &q) const
Metric< T >::scalar_type	doDistance (const typename Metric< T >::value_type &a, const typename Metric< T >::value_type &b) const
Protected Member Functions inherited from Metric< T >
virtual scalar_type	doDistance (const value_type &q) const =0
	Subclass implementation of the distance() method.
virtual scalar_type	doDistance (const value_type &a, const value_type &b) const =0
	Subclass implementation of the distance() method.
virtual int	doSize () const
	Subclass implementation of the size() method. More...
	Metric ()
	Protected constructor called by subclassed.
	Metric (const Metric &)
	Disable copying of superclass.
Metric &	operator= (const Metric &)
	Disable assignment of superclass.

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from Metric< T >
typedef T	value_type
	The type of element on which the metric operates.
typedef T::value_type	scalar_type
	The type of the scalar.
typedef rw::core::Ptr< Metric< T > >	Ptr
	A pointer to a Metric<T>.
typedef rw::core::Ptr< const Metric< T > >	CPtr
	A pointer to a const Metric<T>.
Public Member Functions inherited from Metric< T >
virtual	~Metric ()
	Destructor.
scalar_type	distance (const value_type &q) const
	The distance from the zero element to q.
scalar_type	distance (const value_type &a, const value_type &b) const
	The distance from element a to b. More...
int	size () const
	The dimension of elements on which this metric operates. More...

Detailed Description

template<class T>
class rw::math::EuclideanMetric< T >

Euclidean distance metric for vector types.

The distance between two points \( P = (p_1, p_2, ..., p_n) \) and \( Q = (q_1, q_2, ..., q_n) \) is defined as \( \sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^{n}(p_i - q_i)^2} \)

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• core/math_fwd.hpp
• MetricFactory.hpp