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stagedtrees (version 2.3.0)

probdist: Distances between probabilities

Description

Distances between probabilities

Usage

probdist.l2(x, y)

probdist.l1(x, y)

probdist.ry(x, y)

probdist.kl(x, y)

probdist.tv(x, y)

probdist.hl(x, y)

probdist.bh(x, y)

probdist.cd(x, y)

Value

The distance between p and q

Arguments

x

vector of probabilities.

y

vector of probabilities.

Details

Functions to compute distances between probabilities:

  • lp: the \(L^p\) distance, \(||x - y||_p^p\) for \(p = 1,2\)

  • ry: the symmetric Renyi divergence of order \(\alpha = 2\)

  • kl: the symmetrized Kullback-Leibler divergence

  • tv: the total variation or \(L^1\) norm

  • hl: the (squared) Hellinger distance

  • bh: the Bhattacharyya distance

  • cd: the Chan-Darwiche distance