Mahalanobis Distance as a Measure of Analog in Parametric Cost Estimation.

Abstract

Mahalanobis distance is suggested as a measure of analogy between a proposed system whose cost is to be predicted and a historical data base. It's role in the prediction problem and implications for selecting predictor variables is pointed out. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA083530

Entities

People

  • K. T. Wallenius

Organizations

  • Clemson University

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Airframes
  • Algorithms
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Models
  • Standards
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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