The influence function of the Stahel-Donoho covariance estimator of smallest outlyingness

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-282

  Debruyne, M ^a   Hubert, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 58149517908     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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