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Slight mistake

Posted by srp33 on 01 May 2008 at 01:25 GMT

would only require N + M − 1 points
http://ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030196#article1.body1.sec2.sec2.p3

If you have an odd number of samples for N and M, then it would require N + M - 1 points, as stated. However, if you have an even number, it would require N + M points because the median points wouldn't overlap with each other.