Abstract
It is shown that the “Jaccardized Czekanowski index” is actually a reinterpretation of the Ružička index. Thereby, it is proved that its one-complement is a true distance function, which makes it particularly suitable for use in similarity studies even with multidimensional statistical techniques.
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András Schubert was supported by the European Commission under the FP7 Science in Society Grant No. 266588 (SISOB project) and by the grant TÁMOP-4.2.5.A-11/1-2012-0001 (MTMT2 project). On behalf of András Telcs this article was made under the project TÁMOP-4.2.2/B-10/1-2010-0025. This project is supported by the European Union and co-financed by the European Social Fund.
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Schubert, A., Telcs, A. A note on the Jaccardized Czekanowski similarity index. Scientometrics 98, 1397–1399 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-013-1044-2
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