Statistical data analysis in the Wasserstein space*

This paper is concerned by statistical inference problems from a data set whose elements may be modeled as random probability measures such as multiple histograms or point clouds. We propose to review recent contributions in statistics on the use of Wasserstein distances and tools from optimal trans...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bigot Jérémie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2020-01-01
Series:ESAIM: Proceedings and Surveys
Online Access:https://www.esaim-proc.org/articles/proc/pdf/2020/02/proc206801.pdf