The Euclidean distance classifier: an alternative to the linear discriminant function

DOI10.1080/03610918708812601zbMath0622.62066MaRDI QIDQ3759736

Virgil R. Marco, Dean M. Young, Danny W. Turner

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610918708812601

zbMATH Keywords

Mahalanobis distance; sample linear discriminant function; probability of correct classification; comparison of classifiers; nonspherical normal distribution; sample Euclidean distance classifier

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62H30: Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects)

65C05: Monte Carlo methods

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