Modeling oil palm yield using multiple linear regression and robust M-regression

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-36

  Khamis, Azme ^a   Ismail, Zuhaimy ^b   Haron, Khalid ^a   Mohammed, Ahmad Tarmizi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Multiple linear regression; Oil plam yield; Outliers data; Roubust M regression

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33645683548     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2006.32.36     Document Type: Article

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