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== Implementation ==
In practice, it's up to us to determine how sharply-peaked the distributions can get.
The earth-mover's distance is simple and efficient to compute in a discrete 1D case, where the distribution is defined in a number of bins. This makes it readily available in many software packages.
In my simulations, I've defined an integer parameter <tt>L</tt>, the resolution of one side of the belief axis. In order to make 0 a valid belief, it is best to use an odd number of bins, so the total number of bins is given by <tt>W = 2*L+1</tt>.
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