Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: We define a new distance measure the resistor-average distance between two probability distributions that is closely related to the Kullback-Leibler distance.While the Kullback-Leibler distance is asymmetric in the two distributions, the resistor-average distance is not.It arises from geometric considerations similar to those used to derive the Chernoff distance.Determining its relation to well-known distance measures reveals a new way to depict how commonly used distance measures relate to each other.
Authors: Don H. Johnson, Sinan Sinanović
Institution: Rice University
Language: English
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2043253481