Methods for estimating uncertainty in factor analytic solutions

The EPA PMF (Environmental Protection Agency positive matrix factorization) version 5.0 and the underlying multilinear engine-executable ME-2 contain three methods for estimating uncertainty in factor analytic models: classical bootstrap (BS), displacement of factor elements (DISP), and bootstrap en...

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Main Authors: P. Paatero, S. Eberly, S. G. Brown, G. A. Norris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-03-01
Series:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Online Access:http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/7/781/2014/amt-7-781-2014.pdf