A modified EM alr-algorithm for replacing rounded zeros in compositional data sets

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 902-917

  Palarea Albaladejo, J ^a   Martin Fernandez J A ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Additive logistic normal model; Detection limit; Log ratio transformation; Rounded zero; Simplex

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATLAB; POLES AND ZEROS;

ADDITIVE LOGISTIC NORMAL MODEL; COMPOSITIONAL DATA SETS; LOG-RATIO TRANSFORMATION; ROUNDED ZERO;

DATA REDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATLAB; POLES AND ZEROS;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; MODELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFORM;

EID: 43649083877     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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