Variable selection and error rate estimation in discriminant analysis

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-219

  Le Roux, N J ^a   Steel, S J ^a   Louw, N ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Actual error rate; Cross model validation; Estimation performance; Model selection; Selection performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039415390     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949659708811856     Document Type: Article

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