Extensions of the parametric families of divergences used in statistical inference

Václav Kůs; Domingo Morales; Igor Vajda

Kybernetika (2008)

  • Volume: 44, Issue: 1, page 95-112
  • ISSN: 0023-5954

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Kůs, Václav, Morales, Domingo, and Vajda, Igor. "Extensions of the parametric families of divergences used in statistical inference." Kybernetika 44.1 (2008): 95-112. <http://eudml.org/doc/33915>.

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