Robust linear discriminant analysis using S-estimators

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 473-493

  Croux, Christophe ^a   Dehon, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

B robustness; Breakdown point; Discriminant analysis; Influence function; Multivariate location; S estimators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035729565     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3316042     Document Type: Article

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