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Efficient Incorporation of Additional Information to Classification Rules

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We propose and discuss improved classification rules when a subset of the predictors is known to be ordered. We compare the performance of the new rules with other standard rules in a restricted normal setting using simulation experiments and real data exposing their good performance.

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Research partially supported by Spanish DGES grant MTM2009-11161.

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Fernández, M., Rueda, C., Salvador, B. (2011). Efficient Incorporation of Additional Information to Classification Rules. In: Fichet, B., Piccolo, D., Verde, R., Vichi, M. (eds) Classification and Multivariate Analysis for Complex Data Structures. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13312-1_7

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