Linear Association in Compositional Data Analysis

With compositional data ordinary covariation indexes, designed for real random variables, fail to describe dependence. There is a need for compositional alternatives to covariance and correlation. Based on the Euclidean structure of the simplex, called Aitchison geometry, compositional association...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Juan José Egozcue, Vera Pawlowsky-Glahn, Gregory B. Gloor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Austrian Statistical Society 2018-01-01
Series:Austrian Journal of Statistics
Online Access:http://www.ajs.or.at/index.php/ajs/article/view/689