Classification accuracy and correlation: LDA in failure prediction

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 210-225

  Laitinen, Erkki K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation; Classification; Failure prediction; Linear discriminant analysis

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

CANONICAL CORRELATION; FAILURE PREDICTION; GROUP SIZE; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS;

FAULT TOLERANCE;

EID: 34249021989     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.09.054     Document Type: Article

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