A novel procedure to establish probability density distributions based on insufficient data is introduced. The approach requires the selection of a confidence level to cover the unknown distribution. The use of kernel densities is proposed for its high fidelity to data and its capability to represen
Some experiments in the use of clustering for data validation
β Scribed by W.F. Storer; C.M. Eastman
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 635 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-2954
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