Model-based cluster analysis of artefact compositional data

Archaeometry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 571-588

  Papageorgiou, Ioulia ^a   Baxter, M J ^a   Cau, M A ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceramic compositions; Classification maximum likelihood; Cluster analysis; Lead isotope data; Mixture maximum likelihood; Outliers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035498160     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4754.00037     Document Type: Article

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