Earth-mover's distance [Nonparametrics]

posted by nobody – 2017-10-28 19:31 (2802 d 07:05 ago) – Posting: # 17937
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"Informally, if the distributions are interpreted as two different ways of piling up a certain amount of dirt over the region D, the EMD is the minimum cost of turning one pile into the other; where the cost is assumed to be amount of dirt moved times the distance by which it is moved."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_mover%27s_distance

Seriously?

Mayby some quantum effects might come into play... I'm out (never in).

Kindest regards, nobody

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