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Integral Probability Metrics and Their Generating Classes of Functions

Part of: Probability theory on algebraic and topological structures Distribution theory - Probability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Alfred Müller
Alfred Müller*
Affiliation:
Universität Karlsruhe
*
∗ Postal address: Institut für Wirtschaftstheorie und Operations Research, Universität Karlsruhe, Kaiserstr. 12, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Abstract

We consider probability metrics of the following type: for a class of functions and probability measures P, Q we define A unified study of such integral probability metrics is given. We characterize the maximal class of functions that generates such a metric. Further, we show how some interesting properties of these probability metrics arise directly from conditions on the generating class of functions. The results are illustrated by several examples, including the Kolmogorov metric, the Dudley metric and the stop-loss metric.

Keywords

INTEGRAL PROBABILITY METRICSMAXIMAL GENERATORUNIFORMITY IN WEAK CONVERGENCE: STOP-LOSS METRIC

MSC classification

Primary: 60E05: Distributions
Secondary: 60B10: Convergence of probability measures

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Type
General Applied Probability
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 429 - 443
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1997 

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