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Studying contributions of variables to classification

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  • Melnykov, Yana
  • Melnykov, Volodymyr
  • Zhu, Xuwen

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A problem of finding variables responsible for classifying a particular observation as well as detecting those that interfered with the assignment made is considered. We address this problem by providing a formal argument supported by intuitive geometric interpretation.

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  • Melnykov, Yana & Melnykov, Volodymyr & Zhu, Xuwen, 2017. "Studying contributions of variables to classification," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 318-325.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:129:y:2017:i:c:p:318-325
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2017.06.004
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    1. Xuwen Zhu, 2019. "Probability of misclassification in model-based clustering," Computational Statistics, Springer, vol. 34(3), pages 1427-1442, September.

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