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Tversky index

simTversky(x,y)=∣x∩y∣∣x∩y∣+α∣x∖y∣+β∣y∖x∣sim_{Tversky}(x, y) = \frac{|x \cap y|}{|x \cap y| + \alpha |x \setminus y| + \beta |y \setminus x|}

Where:

  • x∖yx \setminus y denotes the relative complement of yy in xx.
  • α,β≥0\alpha, \beta \ge 0 are parameters of the Tversky index.

The Tversky index can be seen as a generalization of the Dice coefficient and the Jaccard index.

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