MetricType.h

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 */

// -*- c++ -*-

#ifndef FAISS_METRIC_TYPE_H
#define FAISS_METRIC_TYPE_H

namespace faiss {

/// The metric space for vector comparison for Faiss indices and algorithms.
///
/// Most algorithms support both inner product and L2, with the flat
/// (brute-force) indices supporting additional metric types for vector
/// comparison.
enum MetricType {
    METRIC_INNER_PRODUCT = 0,  ///< maximum inner product search
    METRIC_L2 = 1,             ///< squared L2 search
    METRIC_L1,                 ///< L1 (aka cityblock)
    METRIC_Linf,               ///< infinity distance
    METRIC_Lp,                 ///< L_p distance, p is given by a faiss::Index
                               /// metric_arg

    /// some additional metrics defined in scipy.spatial.distance
    METRIC_Canberra = 20,
    METRIC_BrayCurtis,
    METRIC_JensenShannon,
};

}

#endif