"Hellinger distance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Hellinger distances [plural]
Etymology: It is defined in terms of the Hellinger integral, introduced by Ernst Hellinger in 1909. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Hellinger distance (countable and uncountable, plural Hellinger distances)
  1. (probability, statistics) A measure used to quantify the similarity between two probability distributions. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Statistics Synonyms: Bhattacharyya distance

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