Robust estimation of multivariate location and shape

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-255

  Rocke, David M ^a   Woodruff, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

M estimator; Minimum covariance determinant (MCD); Minimum volume ellipsoid (MVE); S estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031067289     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(96)00047-x     Document Type: Article

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