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Jones, Gail – 1989
A brief historical background of discriminant analysis is given, with a description of the variety of roles that discriminant analysis can perform. Focus is on the classification role of discriminant analysis and how it can be performed by using Fisher's classification functions or the canonical discriminant functions. A small hypothetical data…
Descriptors: Classification, Discriminant Analysis, Literature Reviews, Multivariate Analysis

Joachimsthaler, Erich A.; Stam, Antonie – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1990
Mathematical programing formulas are introduced as new approaches to solve the classification problem in discriminant analysis. The research literature is reviewed, and an illustration using a real-world classification problem is provided. Issues relevant to potential uses of these formulations are discussed. (TJH)
Descriptors: Classification, Discriminant Analysis, Equations (Mathematics), Literature Reviews