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Directional Data Analysis

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Directional (angular) data arise as an outcome of random experiments in various ways either by direct measurements such as wind directions used to predict ozone concentrations, departure directions of birds from the point of release or indirectly from the measurements of times which are converted into angles such as arrival.

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Mahesh, K.C. (2019). Directional Data Analysis. In: Laha, A. (eds) Advances in Analytics and Applications. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1208-3_3

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