Rough sets and multivariate statistical classification: A simulation study

Computational Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-301

  Doumpos, Michael ^a   Zopounidis, Constantin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

classification; Monte Carlo simulation; multivariate statistics; Rough sets theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867947082     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: 15729974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015588600700     Document Type: Article

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