A New Robust Regression Method Based on Minimization of Geodesic Distances on a Probabilistic Manifold: Application to Power Laws

In regression analysis for deriving scaling laws that occur in various scientific disciplines, usually standard regression methods have been applied, of which ordinary least squares (OLS) is the most popular. In many situations, the assumptions underlying OLS are not fulfilled, and several other app...

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Main Author: Geert Verdoolaege
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-07-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/17/7/4602