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+/*
+ * hellinger.cpp
+ * Mothur
+ *
+ * Created by westcott on 12/15/10.
+ * Copyright 2010 Schloss Lab. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "hellinger.h"
+
+/***********************************************************************/
+EstOutput Hellinger::getValues(vector<SharedRAbundVector*> shared) {
+ try {
+ data.resize(1,0);
+
+ double sumA = 0.0;
+ double sumB = 0.0;
+
+ //calc the 2 denominators
+ for (int i = 0; i < shared[0]->getNumBins(); i++) {
+ sumA += shared[0]->getAbundance(i);
+ sumB += shared[1]->getAbundance(i);
+ }
+
+
+ //calc sum
+ double sum = 0.0;
+ for (int i = 0; i < shared[0]->getNumBins(); i++) {
+
+ int Aij = shared[0]->getAbundance(i);
+ int Bij = shared[1]->getAbundance(i);
+
+ double term1 = sqrt((Aij / sumA));
+ double term2 = sqrt((Bij / sumB));
+
+ sum += ((term1 - term2) * (term1 - term2));
+ }
+
+ data[0] = sqrt(sum);
+
+ if (isnan(data[0]) || isinf(data[0])) { data[0] = 0; }
+
+ return data;
+ }
+ catch(exception& e) {
+ m->errorOut(e, "Hellinger", "getValues");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+}
+/***********************************************************************/
+
+