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In this section, we shall restate the viewpoint of Hampel (1968 – 1971) in different words. Eventually, at the end of § 3.3, we will be in a position to give a more convenient delimitation for the concept of robustness. In this work, we keep to Hampel’s viewpoints although they are more and more frequently open to fundamental criticisms. Several attempts have been made to define robustness in more manageable terms, but no serious breakthrough has been achieved thus far. We feel that some new views will gradually gain credit and that it might be in the line proposed by Rieder (1980).
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Rey, W.J.J. (1983). Robustness, breakdown point and influence function. In: Introduction to Robust and Quasi-Robust Statistical Methods. Universitext. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69389-2_3
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