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017package org.apache.commons.math3.ml.distance;
018
019import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.DimensionMismatchException;
020import org.apache.commons.math3.util.MathArrays;
021
022/**
023 * Calculates the L<sub>1</sub> (sum of abs) distance between two points.
024 *
025 * @since 3.2
026 */
027public class ManhattanDistance implements DistanceMeasure {
028
029    /** Serializable version identifier. */
030    private static final long serialVersionUID = -9108154600539125566L;
031
032    /** {@inheritDoc} */
033    public double compute(double[] a, double[] b)
034    throws DimensionMismatchException {
035        return MathArrays.distance1(a, b);
036    }
037
038}