Logratio analysis and compositional distance

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-275

  Aitchison, J ^a   Barcelo Vidal C ^b   Martin Fernandez J A ^b   Pawlowsky Glahn, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Euclidean distance; Permutation invariance; Perturbation invariance; Scale invariance; Subcompositional dominance

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0343130503     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007529726302     Document Type: Article

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