Regression tree cartography

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 600-614

  White, Denis ^a   Sifneos, Jean C ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification and regression trees; Color symbolism; Hierarchical clustering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036749902     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/106186002484     Document Type: Article

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