File MetricType.h

namespace faiss

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Throughout the library, vectors are provided as float * pointers. Most algorithms can be optimized when several vectors are processed (added/searched) together in a batch. In this case, they are passed in as a matrix. When n vectors of size d are provided as float * x, component j of vector i is

x[ i * d + j ]

where 0 <= i < n and 0 <= j < d. In other words, matrices are always compact. When specifying the size of the matrix, we call it an n*d matrix, which implies a row-major storage.

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Enums

enum MetricType

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.

Values:

enumerator METRIC_INNER_PRODUCT

maximum inner product search

enumerator METRIC_L2

squared L2 search

enumerator METRIC_L1

L1 (aka cityblock)

enumerator METRIC_Linf

infinity distance

enumerator METRIC_Lp

L_p distance, p is given by a faiss::Index metric_arg

enumerator METRIC_Canberra

some additional metrics defined in scipy.spatial.distance

enumerator METRIC_BrayCurtis

enumerator METRIC_JensenShannon