Outlier detection in the multiple cluster setting using the minimum covariance determinant estimator

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 625-638

  Hardin, Johanna ^a   Rocke, David M ^b  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimum covariance determinant; Outlier detection; Robust clustering

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

OUTLIER DETECTION; SCALE ESTIMATOR;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344513198     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(02)00280-3     Document Type: Article

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