SIMCALC, my binary similarity calculator is officially online.
The calculator was designed to compute similarity measures between any two binary strings of identical length. To use the calculator users must be familiar with Data Mining and similarity analysis. Read the instructions. Since strings are treated as vectors, the tool also works as a vector analyzer.
Who could benefit from this tool?
Scholars
IR/Statistic teachers, students, and researchers can use this calculator for classroom demonstrations or to compare results or exams of the Right (1), Wrong (0) type.
Investigators
Investigators and testers can use it to examine possible cases of duplicated content, fraud, or plagiarism.
Marketers
Marketing and sales executives can use the tool to score consumers’ satisfaction questionnaires of the Yes (1), No (0) type.
Business Intelligence Analysts
Analysts can use it to extract patterns and correlations from polls, surveys, and similar intelligence instruments.
The following figure depicts SIMCALC sample results for the 1010101 and 1010101 vectors:
January 3, 2008 at 2:09 pm
More IR in the new year!
I just tested SIMCALC, comparing the strings of bits:
00101101000100
10101110100001
I think that it will be very attractive for my students.
Thanks!
January 3, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Hi, visualia:
Thank you for stopping by.
I hope your students have fun with it.
Cheers,
Dr. E. Garcia