Multivariate Normal Distributions Parametrized as a Riemannian Symmetric Space

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-48

  Lovrić, Miroslav ^a   Min Oo, Maung ^a   Ruh, Ernst A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Multivariate normal distributions, geodesic distance, Riemannian symmetric space, curvature, center of mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347117629     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmva.1999.1853     Document Type: Article

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