package pairwise import ( "math" "github.com/gonum/matrix/mat64" ) type Manhattan struct{} func NewManhattan() *Manhattan { return &Manhattan{} } // Distance computes the Manhattan distance, also known as L1 distance. // == the sum of the absolute values of elements. func (m *Manhattan) Distance(vectorX *mat64.Dense, vectorY *mat64.Dense) float64 { r1, c1 := vectorX.Dims() r2, c2 := vectorY.Dims() if r1 != r2 || c1 != c2 { panic(mat64.ErrShape) } result := .0 for i := 0; i < r1; i++ { for j := 0; j < c1; j++ { result += math.Abs(vectorX.At(i, j) - vectorY.At(i, j)) } } return result }