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Title: Nonlinear sufficient dimension reduction for distribution-on-distribution regression
Award ID(s):
2210775
PAR ID:
10529379
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
ELSEVIER
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
Volume:
202
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0047-259X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
105302
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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