Hellinger distance

English

Etymology

It is defined in terms of the Hellinger integral, introduced by Ernst Hellinger in 1909.

Noun

Hellinger distance (plural Hellinger distances)

(probability, statistics) A measure used to quantify the similarity between two probability distributions.

Synonyms

Bhattacharyya distance

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