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Multigroup Discriminant Analysis Using Linear Programming

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  • Willy Gochet

    (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)

  • Antonie Stam

    (The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria)

  • V. Srinivasan

    (Stanford University, Stanford, California)

  • Shaoxiang Chen

    (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Abstract

In this paper we introduce a nonparametric linear programming formulation for the general multigroup classification problem. Previous research using linear programming formulations has either been limited to the two-group case, or required complicated constraints and many zero-one variables. We develop general properties of our multigroup formulation and illustrate its use with several small example problems and previously published real data sets. A comparative analysis on the real data sets shows that our formulation may offer an interesting robust alternative to parametric statistical formulations for the multigroup discriminant problem.

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  • Willy Gochet & Antonie Stam & V. Srinivasan & Shaoxiang Chen, 1997. "Multigroup Discriminant Analysis Using Linear Programming," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 45(2), pages 213-225, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:45:y:1997:i:2:p:213-225
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.45.2.213
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