Wasserstein Least Squares: A Canonical Regression Method for Probability Distributions

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Main Authors:	León, Uriel Martínez, Niles-Weed, Jonathan
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Statistics Theory 62J05, 49Q22, 60A10
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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