Generalized Blomqvist Correlation.

Abstract

A distribution-free measure of dependence between two random variables is defined and shown to be a generalization of the quadrant measure of association. This new measure is presented as a U-statistic and its asymptotic efficiency relative to the quadrant measure is given. This measure can be used for locating edges in computer images. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA102058

Entities

People

  • Stanley M. Dunn

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Complexity
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Vision
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Efficiency
  • Equations
  • Image Processing
  • Order Statistics
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Quadrants
  • Random Variables
  • Statistical Tests
  • Statistics
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Computer Vision.
  • Statistical inference.