Weighted Frechet means as convex combinations in metric spaces: Properties and generalized median inequalities

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1859-1863

  Ginestet, Cedric E ^a,b,c   Simmons, Andrew ^a,b   Kolaczyk, Eric D ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract valued random variable; Barycenter; Convex operator; Frechet mean; Median inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863536232     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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