Sign-constrained robust least squares, subjective breakdown point and the effect of weights of observations on robustness

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 79, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 146-159

  Xu, Peiliang ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive trimmed mean; Breakdown point; L1 norm; Least median of squares; Outlier; Repeated median; Robust estimation; Robustness; Sign constrained robust least squares

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD;

EID: 21444456303     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-005-0454-1     Document Type: Article

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