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

DOI10.1080/03610918708812601MaRDI QIDQ3759736zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors 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 distancesample linear discriminant functionprobability of correct classificationcomparison of classifiersnonspherical normal distributionsample Euclidean distance classifier

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Monte Carlo methods (65C05)

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