2 papers
stat.ME2024
Unbiased mixed variables distance
Michel van de Velden, Alfonso Iodice D'Enza, Angelos Markos +1
Defining a distance in a mixed setting requires the quantification of observed differences of variables of different types and of variables that are measured on different scales. T…
stat.ML2023
A general framework for implementing distances for categorical variables
Michel van de Velden, Alfonso Iodice D'Enza, Angelos Markos +1
The degree to which subjects differ from each other with respect to certain properties measured by a set of variables, plays an important role in many statistical methods. For exam…