A Comparison of Some Robust Procedures for Estimating a Linear Discriminant Function,

Abstract

A number of methods have been suggested for robustly estimating a linear discriminant function. These include substitution of robust estimates for the mean and covariance matrix and methods which choose a projection to maximize a robust measure of separation. This paper presents results of Monte Carlo simulations comparing some of these methods along with various modifications to see whether relatively simple methods works as well as complicated ones.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADP007119

Entities

People

  • Hongzhe Li

Organizations

  • University of Montana

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Science
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Covariance
  • Data Science
  • Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Mathematics
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Network Science
  • Simulations
  • Statistics
  • Theoretical Computer Science

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Regression Analysis.