An approximation algorithm for least median of squares regression

Information Processing Letters

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 237-241

  Oison, Clark F ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Computer Science and School of Operations Research and Information Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximation algorithms; Computational geometry; Design of algorithms; Least median of squares regression

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LEAST MEDIAN OF SQUARES (LMS) REGRESSION;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 0031221254     PISSN: 00200190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-0190(97)00132-4     Document Type: Article

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