Normalization of distance and similarity in sequence analysis

TitreNormalization of distance and similarity in sequence analysis
Type de publicationBook Chapter
Year of Publication2016
AuteursElzinga, C, Studer, M
Book TitleProceedings of the International Conference on Sequence Analysis and Related Methods (LaCOSA II)
Pagination445-468
PublisherNCCR LIVES
Place PublishedLausanne, Switzerland
Mots-clésdistance, normalization, sequence analysis, similarity
Résumé

We explore the relations between the notion of distance and a feature set based concept of similarity and show that this concept of similarity has a spatial interpretation that is complementary to distance: it is interpreted as “direction”. Furthermore, we show how proper normalization leads to distances that can be directly interpreted as dissimilarity: closeness in normalized space implies and is implied by similarity of the same objects while remoteness implies and is implied by dissimilarity. Finally, we show how, in research into de-standardization of the life course, properly normalizing may drastically and unequivocally change our interpretation of inter-cohortal distances.

URLhttps://lacosa.lives-nccr.ch/sites/lacosa.lives-nccr.ch/files/lacosa2-proceedings.pdf
Refereed DesignationRefereed