diff --git a/bv/hist_dist_Euclidean.m b/bv/hist_dist_Euclidean.m
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+function [ distance ] = hist_dist_Euclidean( h1, h2 )
+%HIST_DIST_EUCLIDEAN Calculates euclidean distance between histograms
+
+    sum_of_differences = 0;
+    s = size(h1);
+    if s(1) > 1
+        n = s(1);
+    else
+        n = s(2);
+    end
+    for i = 1:n
+        sum_of_differences = sum_of_differences + (h1(i) - h2(i))^2; 
+    end
+
+    distance = sqrt(sum_of_differences);
+
+end
+
diff --git a/bv/hist_dist_Manhattan.m b/bv/hist_dist_Manhattan.m
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+function [ distance ] = hist_dist_Manhattan( h1, h2 )
+%HIST_DIST_MANHATTAN Calculates the Manhattan distance between 2 histograms
+    distance = 0;
+    s = size(h1);
+    if s(1) > 1
+        n = s(1);
+    else
+        n = s(2);
+    end
+    for i = 1:n
+        distance = distance + abs(h1(i) - h2(i));
+    end
+end
+
diff --git a/bv/hist_dist_intersection.m b/bv/hist_dist_intersection.m
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+function [ intersection ] = hist_dist_intersection( h1, h2 )
+%HIST_DIST_INTERSECTION Calculates intersection between 2 histograms
+
+    intersection = 0;
+    s = size(h1);
+    if s(1) > 1
+        n = s(1);
+    else
+        n = s(2);
+    end
+    for i = 1:n
+        intersection = intersection + min(h1(i), h2(i));
+    end
+end
+