What would be the best way to calculate some sort of correlation or similarity factor between two lists of time intervals :
List1 :
1. 2010-06-06 to 2010-12-12
2. 2010-05-04 to 2010-11-02
3. 2010-02-04 to 2010-10-08
4. 2010-04-01 to 2010-08-02
5. 2010-01-03 to 2010-02-02
and List2 :
1. 2010-06-08 to 2010-12-14
2. 2010-04-04 to 2010-10-10
3. 2010-02-02 to 2010-12-16
Thanks!
This question was previously asked at StackExchange and the answer provided was a link to this article about Feature-List Cross-Correlation in the field of medical imaging. While it is plenty of useful information, it is a bit daunting for me so it was suggested to try and find a more simple intro to Vector Cross Correlation.
Anyone could provide some help on this please?