
Comparing Perturbations: E-distance and Euclidean distance are Your Best Allies
Summary Our benchmarking reveals a surprising truth: in the race to translate massive perturbation datasets into discovery, the most effective mathematical "lens" isn't the most complex one. While sophisticated metrics like Wasserstein or Mean Pairwise are often favored due to their mathematical impressiveness, we found that E-distance and Euclidean distance provide the superior balance of speed and signal resolution for high-throughput pipelines. By delivering sharper biological contrast at a











