On Choosing and Bounding Probability Metrics

DOI10.2307/1403865zbMath1217.62014arXivmath/0209021OpenAlexW2951714068MaRDI QIDQ4832030

Alison L. Gibbs, Francis Edward Su

Publication date: 3 January 2005

Published in: International Statistical Review / Revue Internationale de Statistique (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0209021

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characterization and structure theory of statistical distributions (62E10) Convergence of probability measures (60B10) Statistical distribution theory (62E99)

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