Variable selection in artefact compositional studies

Archaeometry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 253-268

  Baxter, M J ^a   Jackson, C M ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification trees; Glass; Principal components; Steatite; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035324771     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4754.00017     Document Type: Article

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