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Consider a collection of sample points <math>\{x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_n\}</math> where <math> x_i \in  R^m</math>. We divide the methods in two categories:
 
Consider a collection of sample points <math>\{x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_n\}</math> where <math> x_i \in  R^m</math>. We divide the methods in two categories:
  
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* Outer Characteristics of the point cloud: These methods require the spectral analysis of a positive definite kernel of dimension m.
  
== Outer Characteristics of the point cloud ==
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* Inner characteristics of the point cloud: These methods require the spectral analysis of a positive definite kernel of dimension n, the number of samples in the sample cloud.
These methods require the spectral analysis of a positive definite kernel of dimension m.
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== Outer Characteristics of the point cloud Methods ==
  
 
* PCA: Principal Component Analysis
 
* PCA: Principal Component Analysis
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* Fisher Discriminant Analysis
 
* Fisher Discriminant Analysis
  
== Inner characteristics of the point cloud ==
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== Inner characteristics of the point cloud Methods ==
These methods require the spectral analysis of a positive definite kernel of dimension n, the number of samples in the sample cloud.
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* MDS
 
* MDS

Revision as of 23:41, 17 April 2008

Consider a collection of sample points $ \{x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_n\} $ where $ x_i \in R^m $. We divide the methods in two categories:

  • Outer Characteristics of the point cloud: These methods require the spectral analysis of a positive definite kernel of dimension m.
  • Inner characteristics of the point cloud: These methods require the spectral analysis of a positive definite kernel of dimension n, the number of samples in the sample cloud.


Outer Characteristics of the point cloud Methods

  • PCA: Principal Component Analysis
  • Fisher Discriminant Analysis

Inner characteristics of the point cloud Methods

  • MDS

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