Quadratic entropy and analysis of diversity

Sankhya: The Indian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-80

  Rao, C R ^a  

^a CR Rao AIMSCS   (India)

Author keywords

Convexity; Diversity measure; Quadratic entropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953050288     PISSN: 09727671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13171-010-0016-3     Document Type: Article

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