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In 1984 Scarsini introduced a set of axioms for measures of concordance of ordered pairs of continuous random variables. We exhibit an extension of these axioms to ordered n-tuples of continuous random variables, n ≥ 2. We derive simple properties of such measures, give examples, and discuss the relation of the extended axioms to multivariate measures of concordance previously discussed in the literature.
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Taylor, M.D. Multivariate measures of concordance. AISM 59, 789–806 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10463-006-0076-2
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