It is defined as
d (x,y) = ((x-y) T S -1 (x-y)) 1/2
Whereby x and y are two random vectors on the same distribution with the convariance matrix S.
Explanation:
Assume that we have a data set in a 2-dimensional Euclidean space and we want to estimate the
probability that a point P1 (x,y) is part of this set. Obviously, the 'closer' the P1 is to the center
of mass in the set, the more likely it is contained. Also we have to consider the spread of the data. A
Data set with correlated variables will form a ellipse around the center of mass in the 2-dimensional
Euclidean space. So the probability that a test point is contained in the set is also depend on the
direction of the axis of that ellipse - or ellipsoid in a N-dimensional Euclidean space. The ellipsoid
that best represents the set's probability distribution can be estimated by building the covariance
matrix of the samples, which is actually used by the Mahalanobis distance.
If the covariance matrix is the identity matrix the variables of the data set are not correlated and the
Mahalanobis distance reduces to the Euclidean distance.
Use case:
A typical use case is the outlier detection. These are intuitively points with a very high Mahalanobis
distance in contrast to points in the data set.
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