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Kurtosis Class
Kurtosis contrast function.
Inheritance Hierarchy
SystemObject
  Accord.Statistics.Analysis.ContrastFunctionsKurtosis

Namespace:  Accord.Statistics.Analysis.ContrastFunctions
Assembly:  Accord.Statistics (in Accord.Statistics.dll) Version: 3.8.0
Syntax
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[SerializableAttribute]
public class Kurtosis : IContrastFunction
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The Kurtosis type exposes the following members.

Constructors
  NameDescription
Public methodKurtosis
Initializes a new instance of the Kurtosis class.
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Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodEquals
Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodEvaluate
Contrast function.
Protected methodFinalize
Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetHashCode
Serves as the default hash function.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetType
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodMemberwiseClone
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodToString
Returns a string that represents the current object.
(Inherited from Object.)
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Extension Methods
  NameDescription
Public Extension MethodHasMethod
Checks whether an object implements a method with the given name.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodIsEqual
Compares two objects for equality, performing an elementwise comparison if the elements are vectors or matrices.
(Defined by Matrix.)
Public Extension MethodTo(Type)Overloaded.
Converts an object into another type, irrespective of whether the conversion can be done at compile time or not. This can be used to convert generic types to numeric types during runtime.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodToTOverloaded.
Converts an object into another type, irrespective of whether the conversion can be done at compile time or not. This can be used to convert generic types to numeric types during runtime.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods.)
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Remarks
According to Hyvärinen, the kurtosis contrast function is justified on statistical grounds only for estimating sub-Gaussian independent components when there are no outliers.
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