dynsight.data_processing.soapdistancenormalized

dynsight.data_processing.soapdistancenormalized(x, y)[source]

The SOAP distance between two normalized SOAP fingerprints.

  • Original author: Daniele Rapetti

The pre-normalized vectors should net some performace over the classic kernel.

Parameters:
  • x (np.ndarray) – a normalized SOAP fingerprint.

  • y (np.ndarray) – a normalized SOAP fingerprint.

Returns:

the distance between the two fingerprints, between \(0\) and \(2\)

Return type:

float