Nonexistence of rigorous tests for multiple outlier detection in least-squares adjustment

Journal of Surveying Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 109-112

  Baselga, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Errors; Geodetic surveys; Least squares method; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SURVEY; LEAST SQUARE; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; LEAST-SQUARES ADJUSTMENT; OUTLIER CASE; OUTLIER DETECTION; OUTLIER IDENTIFICATION; RESIDUAL ANALYSIS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODESY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; OUTLIER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYING; VECTOR;

EID: 79961050423     PISSN: 07339453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000048     Document Type: Article

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