Abstract: Functions defining a distance and a distinguish degree between objects described by predicate formulas are introduced. It is proved that the introduced function of distance satisfies all properties of a distance. The function of objects distinguish degree adequately reflects similarity of objects but does not define a distance because the triangle inequality is not fulfilled for it. The calculation of the introduced functions is based on the notion of partial deduction of a predicate formula.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Book Series. Information Science and Computing. Book 25. Mathematics of Distances and Applications.
PublisherITHEA – Publisher
Pages153 – 159
ISBN (Print)978-954-16-0063-4 (printed); 978-954-16-0064-1 (online)
StatePublished - 2012

    Research areas

  • artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, distance between objects, predicate calculus.

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