Quadratic distances on probabilities: A unified foundation

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 983-1006

  Lindsay, Bruce G ^a   Markatou, Marianthi ^b   Ray, Surajit ^c,f   Yang, K E ^d   Chen, Shu Chuan ^e,g  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cytokinetics Inc   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Boston University   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degrees of freedom; Diffusion kernel; Goodness of fit; High dimensions; Model assessment; Quadratic distance; Spectral decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049083366     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/009053607000000956     Document Type: Article

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