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Axiomatic characterization of the $\chi^{2}$ dissimilarity measure

Statistics Theory 2022-01-11 v2 Statistics Theory

Abstract

We axiomatically characterize the χ2\chi^{2} dissimilarity measure. To this end, we solve a new generalization of a functional equation discussed in Aczel (Lectures on functional equations and their applications, Academic Press, 1966).

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@article{arxiv.2111.07617,
  title  = {Axiomatic characterization of the $\chi^{2}$ dissimilarity measure},
  author = {Denis Bouyssou and Thierry Marchant and Marc Pirlot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.07617},
  year   = {2022}
}