Multivariate Robust Statistics

The goal of robust statistics is to develop methods that can cope with the presence of outliers in the data and nevertheless produce reasonable results. In this book some of the most popular robust multivariate methods are investigated and new methods are proposed. Their performance is evaluated and compared in a variety of situations. The focus is on high breakdown point methods for discriminant analysis, multivariate tests and their basis, the robust estimators for multivariate location and covariance. The routine use of robust methods in a wide area of application domains is unthinkable…