Calculation of the Wasserstein Distance Between Probability Distributions on the Line

DOI10.1137/1118101zbMath0351.60009MaRDI QIDQ4121215

S. S. Vallander

Publication date: 1973

Published in: Theory of Probability & Its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/1118101

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60A05: Axioms; other general questions in probability

60B99: Probability theory on algebraic and topological structures

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