On the geometry of generalized Gaussian distributions

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 777-793

  Andai, Attila ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

53B21; 94A17; Differential geometry; Gaussian distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 58349098536     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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