A new approach to the classification of
โ
R. W. Le Maitre
๐
Article
๐
1976
๐
Springer
๐
English
โ 685 KB
The obvious need to be able to predict, on a routine basis, the name of an igneous rock from its chemistry is examined in the light of some multivariate statistical methods. Discriminant analysis is ruled out for general use, due to its inability to distinguish an unknown that does not belong to any