Local and global robustness of regression estimators

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-92

  Yohai, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Breakdown point; Gross error sensitivity; Linear regression; Maximum bias function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031567960     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(96)00037-7     Document Type: Article

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