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Similarity versus distance scores

Each scoring matrix contains a flag determining whether it is a distance or similarity matrix. An appropriate optimization is used automatically. This is achieved by using exactly the same code except that one side of comparisons is multiplied by $-1$ when dealing with similarities as opposed to distances.



Ben Webb 2004-10-04