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f-dissimilarity: A generalization of the affinity of several distributions

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  1. Technical University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

    L. Györfi & T. Nemetz

  2. Mathematical Institute of Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, Hungary

    L. Györfi & T. Nemetz

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Györfi, L., Nemetz, T. f-dissimilarity: A generalization of the affinity of several distributions. Ann Inst Stat Math 30, 105–113 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02480206

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