Generalization of the Mahalanobis Distance in the Mixed Case

A. Barhen and J. J. Daudin

Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 1995, vol. 53, issue 2, 332-342

Abstract: The Mahalanobis distance is extended to the case where the variables are a mixture of discrete and continuous variables. The distributional properties are studied for the location model and asymptotical results are obtained for the general parametric case. The rate of convergence is evaluated through simulation. An example of these techniques is presented.

Date: 1995
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