Curvature Templates in Clinical Information Geometry: Fisher Manifolds, Relational Embeddings, and Worked Examples

Dragoş Petru Teodor Iancu1,2,3, Călin Gheorghe Buzea4,5, Florin Nedeff6

  • 1Department of Oral Pathology, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iaşi, Romania.

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