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Uniqueness of principal points for univariate distributions

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  • Li, Luning
  • Flury, Bernard

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This paper presents a proof of uniqueness of k principal of the univariate normal distributions. A sufficient condition of uniqueness is given, and a normal mixture example is discussed.

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  • Li, Luning & Flury, Bernard, 1995. "Uniqueness of principal points for univariate distributions," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 25(4), pages 323-327, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:25:y:1995:i:4:p:323-327
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    1. Tarpey, Thaddeus, 1994. "Two principal points of symmetric, strongly unimodal distributions," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 20(4), pages 253-257, July.
    2. Bernard D. Flury, 1993. "Estimation of Principal Points," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 42(1), pages 139-151, March.
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