distance covariance

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Distance covariance is a statistical measure that quantifies dependence between random variables, capable of detecting both linear and nonlinear associations.

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instanceOf measure of dependence
multivariate dependence measure
nonparametric dependence measure
statistical measure
advantageOver Pearson correlation in detecting nonlinear dependence
belongsTo dependence modeling
multivariate statistics
nonparametric statistics
canDetect linear dependence
nonlinear dependence
comparedWith Pearson correlation
mutual information
dependsOn Euclidean distances between sample points
equalsZeroFor independent random variables
generalizes classical covariance in detecting dependence
greaterThanZeroFor dependent random variables
hasExtension conditional distance covariance
distance covariance for time series
partial distance covariance
hasNormalizedForm distance correlation
hasProperty characterizes independence in Euclidean spaces with finite first moments
implementedIn Python libraries
R packages
introducedBy Gábor J. Székely NERFINISHED
Maria L. Rizzo NERFINISHED
introducedIn 2007
invariantUnder orthogonal transformations of the data
translations of the data
isBasedOn pairwise distances between observations
isDefinedFor multivariate random variables
random vectors in arbitrary dimensions
univariate random variables
isEstimatedBy sample distance covariance
isNonNegative true
isZeroIfAndOnlyIf random variables are independent
publishedIn Annals of Statistics NERFINISHED
quantifies dependence between random variables
relatedTo Brownian covariance
distance correlation
requires choice of metric space for the variables
finite first moments of the random variables
symmetricIn its two arguments
usedFor feature screening
measuring association in high dimensions
testing independence
variable selection

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Gábor J. Székely notableConcept distance covariance