Some Statistical Procedures Based on Distances.

Abstract

The distributions of statistics employed in classifying the source of a new observation, using observed distances which are subjected to measurement errors, are discussed. A useful approximate expansion is obtained. A new method of estimating the parameter of a noncentral chi-square distribution is derived.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA051753

Entities

People

  • Joseph J. Walker

Organizations

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Asymptotic Series
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Classification
  • Computational Science
  • Data Science
  • Distribution Functions
  • Estimators
  • Information Science
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimation
  • Measurement
  • Normal Distribution
  • Observation
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Security
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Regression Analysis.