Multidimensional trimming based on projection depth

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2211-2251

  Zuo, Yijun ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotics; Breakdown point; Depth regions; Directional radius; Efficiency; Influence function; Multivariate trimmed means; Projection depth; Robustness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847365364     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/009053606000000713     Document Type: Article

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