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17  package org.apache.commons.text.similarity;
18  
19  import java.util.HashSet;
20  import java.util.Map;
21  import java.util.Set;
22  
23  /**
24   * Measures the Cosine similarity of two vectors of an inner product space and compares the angle between them.
25   * <p>
26   * For further explanation about the Cosine Similarity, refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosine_similarity.
27   * </p>
28   * <p>
29   * Instances of this class are immutable and are safe for use by multiple concurrent threads.
30   * </p>
31   *
32   * @since 1.0
33   */
34  public class CosineSimilarity {
35  
36      /**
37       * Singleton instance.
38       */
39      static final CosineSimilarity INSTANCE = new CosineSimilarity();
40  
41      /**
42       * Calculates the cosine similarity for two given vectors.
43       *
44       * @param leftVector left vector
45       * @param rightVector right vector
46       * @return cosine similarity between the two vectors
47       */
48      public Double cosineSimilarity(final Map<CharSequence, Integer> leftVector,
49                                     final Map<CharSequence, Integer> rightVector) {
50          if (leftVector == null || rightVector == null) {
51              throw new IllegalArgumentException("Vectors must not be null");
52          }
53  
54          final Set<CharSequence> intersection = getIntersection(leftVector, rightVector);
55  
56          final double dotProduct = dot(leftVector, rightVector, intersection);
57          double d1 = 0.0d;
58          for (final Integer value : leftVector.values()) {
59              d1 += Math.pow(value, 2);
60          }
61          double d2 = 0.0d;
62          for (final Integer value : rightVector.values()) {
63              d2 += Math.pow(value, 2);
64          }
65          final double cosineSimilarity;
66          if (d1 <= 0.0 || d2 <= 0.0) {
67              cosineSimilarity = 0.0;
68          } else {
69              cosineSimilarity = dotProduct / (Math.sqrt(d1) * Math.sqrt(d2));
70          }
71          return cosineSimilarity;
72      }
73  
74      /**
75       * Computes the dot product of two vectors. It ignores remaining elements. It means
76       * that if a vector is longer than other, then a smaller part of it will be used to compute
77       * the dot product.
78       *
79       * @param leftVector left vector
80       * @param rightVector right vector
81       * @param intersection common elements
82       * @return The dot product
83       */
84      private double dot(final Map<CharSequence, Integer> leftVector, final Map<CharSequence, Integer> rightVector,
85              final Set<CharSequence> intersection) {
86          long dotProduct = 0;
87          for (final CharSequence key : intersection) {
88              dotProduct += leftVector.get(key) * (long) rightVector.get(key);
89          }
90          return dotProduct;
91      }
92  
93      /**
94       * Returns a set with strings common to the two given maps.
95       *
96       * @param leftVector left vector map
97       * @param rightVector right vector map
98       * @return common strings
99       */
100     private Set<CharSequence> getIntersection(final Map<CharSequence, Integer> leftVector,
101             final Map<CharSequence, Integer> rightVector) {
102         final Set<CharSequence> intersection = new HashSet<>(leftVector.keySet());
103         intersection.retainAll(rightVector.keySet());
104         return intersection;
105     }
106 
107 }