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qiskit.quantum_info.hellinger_distance

hellinger_distance(dist_p, dist_q)

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Computes the Hellinger distance between two counts distributions.

Parameters

  • dist_p (dict) – First dict of counts.
  • dist_q (dict) – Second dict of counts.

Returns

Distance

Return type

float

References

Hellinger Distance @ wikipedia

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