An Infinitesimal Probabilistic Model for Principal Component Analysis of Manifold Valued Data

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An Infinitesimal Probabilistic Model for Principal Component Analysis of Manifold Valued Data. / Sommer, Stefan.

I: Sankhya A, Bind 81, Nr. 1, 2019, s. 37-62.

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Sommer, S 2019, 'An Infinitesimal Probabilistic Model for Principal Component Analysis of Manifold Valued Data', Sankhya A, bind 81, nr. 1, s. 37-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13171-018-0139-5

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Sommer, S. (2019). An Infinitesimal Probabilistic Model for Principal Component Analysis of Manifold Valued Data. Sankhya A, 81(1), 37-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13171-018-0139-5

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Sommer S. An Infinitesimal Probabilistic Model for Principal Component Analysis of Manifold Valued Data. Sankhya A. 2019;81(1):37-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13171-018-0139-5

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Sommer, Stefan. / An Infinitesimal Probabilistic Model for Principal Component Analysis of Manifold Valued Data. I: Sankhya A. 2019 ; Bind 81, Nr. 1. s. 37-62.

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