projects-jenz/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/FunctionLayer/LevenshteinDistance.java

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package FunctionLayer;

/**
 *
 * @author install1
 */
public class LevenshteinDistance  {
    private CharSequence lhs;
    private CharSequence rhs;

    private static int minimum(int a, int b, int c) {
        return Math.min(Math.min(a, b), c);
    }

    public LevenshteinDistance(CharSequence lhs, CharSequence rhs) {
        this.lhs = lhs;
        this.rhs = rhs;
    }

    public double computeLevenshteinDistance() {
        int[][] distance = new int[lhs.length() + 1][rhs.length() + 1];
        for (int i = 0; i <= lhs.length(); i++) {
            distance[i][0] = i;
        }
        for (int j = 1; j <= rhs.length(); j++) {
            distance[0][j] = j;
        }
        for (int i = 1; i <= lhs.length(); i++) {
            for (int j = 1; j <= rhs.length(); j++) {
                distance[i][j] = minimum(
                        distance[i - 1][j] + 1,
                        distance[i][j - 1] + 1,
                        distance[i - 1][j - 1] + ((lhs.charAt(i - 1) == rhs.charAt(j - 1)) ? 0 : 1));
            }
        }
        return distance[lhs.length()][rhs.length()];
    }
}