Principal points, principal curves and principal surfaces

The idea of approximating a distribution is a prominent problem in statistics. This dissertation explores the theory of principal points and principal curves as approximation methods to a distribution. Principal points of a distribution have been initially introduced by Flury (1990) who tackled the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ganey, Raeesa
Other Authors: Lubbe, Sugnet
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15515