TY - JOUR T1 - Modified One-Step M-Estimator with Robust Scale Estimator for Multivariate Data AU - Naeem Melik, Hameedah AU - Aishah Ahad, Nor AU - Soaad Syed Yahaya, Sharipah JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 13 IS - 24 SP - 10396 EP - 10400 PY - 2018 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2018.10396.10400 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.10396.10400 KW - robust KW -Q KW -Modified one-step M-estimator KW -encountered KW -trimming criterion KW -multivariate data AB - The Modified One-step M-estimator (MOM) is a highly efficient robust estimator for classifying multivariate data. Generally, robust estimators came into existence as a solution to the inability of classical Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) to perform optimally in the presence of outliers. Thus, to solve this shortcoming, the robust MOM estimator is integrated with a highly robust scale estimator, Qn, in the trimming criterion of MOM. This introduces a new robust approach termed RLDAMQ for handling outliers encountered in multivariate data. The results show the superiority of RLDAMQ over the classical LDA and previously existing robust method in literature in terms of misclassification error evaluated through simulated data. ER -