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package cf4j.knn.itemToItem.similarities;

import cf4j.Item;
import cf4j.TestItem;

/**
 * Implements traditional Sepearman Rank as CF similarity metric for the items.
 * 
 * @author Fernando Ortega
 */
public class MetricSpearmanRank extends ItemsSimilarities{

	@Override
	public double similarity (TestItem activeItem, Item targetItem) {

		int u = 0, v = 0, common = 0; 
		double num = 0d;
		
		while (u < activeItem.getNumberOfRatings() && v < targetItem.getNumberOfRatings()) {
			if (activeItem.getUsers()[u] < targetItem.getUsers()[v]) {
				u++;
			} else if (activeItem.getUsers()[u] > targetItem.getUsers()[v]) {
				v++;
			} else {
				double diff = activeItem.getRatings()[u] - targetItem.getRatings()[v];
				num += diff * diff;
				common++;
				u++; 
				v++;
			}	
		}

		// If there is not ratings in common, similarity does not exists
		if (common == 0) return Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
		
		// Return similarity
		return 1d - ((6d * num) / (common * ((common * common) - 1d)));
	}
}