Constrained M-estimation for multivariate location and scatter

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1346-1370

  Kent, John T ^a   Tyler, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakdown; M estimates; Robustness; S estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030516417     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1032526973     Document Type: Article

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