General projection-pursuit estimators for the common principal components model: Influence functions and Monte Carlo study

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 124-147

  Boente, Graciela ^a   Pires, Ana M ^b   Rodrigues, Isabel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Asymptotic variances; Common principal components; Partial influence function; Projection pursuit; Robust estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044465660     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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