What is the distance in profiles? How is it judged? #52
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What is the distance in profiles? How is it judged? |
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The distance metric used is the Chebyshev distance. If two entities are within the configured distance of each other they are considered to be in the same group. Grouping is transitive, so if entity A is within the configured distance of entity B, and entity B is within the configured distance of entity C, then A, B and C are all considered to be in the same group. For example, a line of several entities could all be considered part of the same group even though the entities at the extreme ends of the line may not be within the configured distance of each other Optionally, you can ignore the vertical component of the distance calculation. If you'd prefer to group entities by chunk you can also use |
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The distance metric used is the Chebyshev distance. If two entities are within the configured distance of each other they are considered to be in the same group. Grouping is transitive, so if entity A is within the configured distance of entity B, and entity B is within the configured distance of entity C, then A, B and C are all considered to be in the same group. For example, a line of several entities could all be considered part of the same group even though the entities at the extreme ends of the line may not be within the configured distance of each other
Optionally, you can ignore the vertical component of the distance calculation. If you'd prefer to group entities by chunk you can…