org.apache.commons.text.similarity

## Class CosineSimilarity

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.commons.text.similarity.CosineSimilarity

-     public class CosineSimilarity
      extends Object

  Measures the Cosine similarity of two vectors of an inner product space and compares the angle between them.

  For further explanation about the Cosine Similarity, refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosine_similarity.

  Since:
    1.0

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `CosineSimilarity()`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Double` | `cosineSimilarity(Map<CharSequence,Integer> leftVector, Map<CharSequence,Integer> rightVector)` Calculates the cosine similarity for two given vectors.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### CosineSimilarity

          public CosineSimilarity()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### cosineSimilarity

          public Double cosineSimilarity(Map<CharSequence,Integer> leftVector,
                                         Map<CharSequence,Integer> rightVector)

      Calculates the cosine similarity for two given vectors.
      Parameters:
        `leftVector` - left vector
        `rightVector` - right vector
      Returns:
        cosine similarity between the two vectors

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