Anil Kumar Bhattacharyya
Anil kumar Bhattacharyya (Bengali: অনিল কুমার ভট্টাচার্য্য) (1 April 1915 – 17 July 1996) was an Indian statistician who worked at the Indian Statistical Institute in the 1930s and early 40s. He made fundamental contributions to multivariate statistics, particularly for his measure of similarity between two multinomial distributions, known as the Bhattacharyya coefficient, based on which he defined a metric, the Bhattacharyya distance. This measure is widely used in comparing statistical samples in biology, genetics, physics, computer science, etc.
Anil Kumar Bhattacharyya | |
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| Born | 1 April 1915 |
| Died | 17 July 1996 (aged 81) |
| Citizenship | India |
| Alma mater | Rajabazar Science College (University of Calcutta) |
| Known for | Bhattacharyya distance, Bhattacharyya bound |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistician |
| Institutions | University of Calcutta, Indian Statistical Institute |
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