Effect of prior probabilities on the classificatory performance of parametric and mathematical programming approaches to the two-group discriminant problem

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-51

  Loucopoulos, Constantine ^a  

^a EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Discriminant Analysis; Mathematical Programming; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249103666     PISSN: 11739126     EISSN: 15327612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1173912697000047     Document Type: Article

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