BraunBlanquetSimilarity extension for php-nlp-tools

BraunBlanquetSimilarity.php

<?php
namespace App\Utilities;


/**
 * https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7161
 */

class BraunBlanquetSimilarity
{


   /**
    * The similarity returned by this algorithm is a number between 0,1
    */

    public function similarity(&$A, &$B)
    {

        $a = array_fill_keys($A,1);
        $b = array_fill_keys($B,1);
        
        $intersect = count(array_intersect_key($a,$b));
        $a_count = count($a);
        $b_count = count($b);


        return $intersect/max($a_count,$b_count);
    }

    public function dist(&$A, &$B)
    {
        return 1-$this->similarity($A,$B);
    }
}