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---
license: mit
task_categories:
- feature-extraction
tags:
- biology
---
# SequenceDistanceDataset (SDD)
**A Cross-Domain Benchmark for Sequence Similarity Analysis**
## Overview
A comprehensive benchmarking dataset for evaluating distance metrics in two domains:
- 🧬 **Biological Sequences** (Proteins from UniProt/UniRef)
- πŸ—ΊοΈ **Movement Trajectories** (GPS data from 3 cities)
Designed to support research in similarity search, metric learning, and cross-domain analysis.
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## Key Features
βœ… **Precomputed Distance Matrices**
- Eliminates computation overhead for direct benchmarking
- Includes both training and test sets
βœ… **Curated Data Splits**
- Standardized `train`/`query`/`base` splits for retrieval tasks
- Reproducible evaluation protocols
βœ… **Diverse Metrics**
| Domain | Metrics |
|-----------------|--------------------------------------|
| **Proteins** | Edit Distance (ED), Needleman-Wunsch (NW) |
| **Trajectories**| DTW, Hausdorff, FrΓ©chet, EDR, EDwP |
βœ… **Real-World Scale**
- Contains large mobility datasets (e.g., Porto taxi trajectories)
- Represents diverse geographical contexts (Beijing, Chengdu, Portugal)
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## Dataset Structure
### Protein Domain
```plaintext
Protein/
β”œβ”€β”€ {UniProt, UniRef}/
β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ train_list.txt
β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ query_list.txt
β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ base_list.txt
β”‚ └── {ED, NW}/
β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ {train/test}_distance_matrix_result
```
### Trajectory Domain
```plaintext
Trajectory/
β”œβ”€β”€ {Geolife, Porto, Chengdu, TrajCL_Porto}/
β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ train/
β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ query/
β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ base/
β”‚ └── {DTW, Haus, DFD, EDR, EDwP}/
β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ {train/test}_distance_matrix_result
```
## Use Cases
### πŸ”¬ ​​Bioinformatics​​
- Compare protein alignment algorithms
- Study sequence homology detection
### πŸš• ​​Urban Computing​​
- Evaluate trajectory similarity methods
- Analyze mobility pattern variations
### πŸ€– ​​Machine Learning​​
- Train distance metric learning models
- Benchmark neural embedding methods