Robust two-group discrimination by bounded influence regression. A Monte Carlo simulation.(English)Zbl 0937.62513

Summary: Since linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and multiple linear regression (MR) are numerically equivalent in the two-group case, robust regression can be used to devise a robust discriminant analysis. While $$M$$-estimators will be affected by outliers in the classification variables, $$GM$$-estimators will resist them. Monte Carlo simulation is used to evaluate the performance of several $$GM$$-estimators as applied to the problem of two-group discrimination, with respect to probability of misclassification. It is concluded that the $$GM$$-classifiers perform well, especially some of them. An alternative approach based on high breakdown point estimators of location and scatter is proposed for cases of heavy contamination, when the performance of $$GM$$-estimators breaks down.

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 62-XX Statistics

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