A novel definition of the multivariate coefficient of variation

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 667-675

  Albert, Adelin ^a   Zhang, Lixin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analytical variability; Dispersion measure; Equipment performance; Reproducibility; Test profiles

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; ELECTROPHORESIS; NUMBER THEORY;

ANALYTICAL VARIABILITY; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; DISPERSION MEASURE; EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE; MEAN VECTOR; RANDOM VECTORS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; TEST PROFILE; UNIVARIATE;

RANDOM VARIABLES;

EID: 77958584769     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201000030     Document Type: Article

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