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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 22 January 2004

    • ISBN 9780198510581
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages248 pages
    • Size 242x161x17 mm
    • Weight 471 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    Procrustean methods are used to transform one set of data to represent another set of data as closely as possible. The name derives from the Greek myth where Procrustes invited passers-by in for a pleasant meal and a night's rest on a magical bed that would exactly fit any guest. He then either stretched the guest on the rack or cut off their legs to make them fit perfectly into the bed. Theseus turned the tables on Procrustes, fatally adjusting him to fit his own bed. The text is the first systematic overview of Procrustean methods in one volume, presenting a unifying Analysis of Variance framework for different matching methods and the development of statistical tests.

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    Procrustean methods are used to transform one set of data to represent another set of data as closely as possible. The name derives from the Greek myth where Procrustes invited passers-by in for a pleasant meal and a night's rest on a magical bed that would exactly fit any guest. He then either stretched the guest on the rack or cut off their legs to make them fit perfectly into the bed. Theseus turned the tables on Procrustes, fatally adjusting him to fit his own bed.

    This text, the first monograph on Procrustes methods, unifies several strands in the literature and contains much new material. It focuses on matching two or more configurations by using orthogonal, projection and oblique axes transformations. Group-average summaries play an important part and links with other group-average methods are discussed.
    This is the latest in the well-established and authoritative Oxford Statistical Science Series, which includes texts and monographs covering many topics of current research interest in pure and applied statistics. Each title has an original slant even if the material included is not specifically original. The authors are leading researchers and the topics covered will be of interest to all professional statisticians, whether they be in industry, government department or research institute. Other books in the series include 23. W.J.Krzanowski: Principles of multivariate analysis: a user's perspective updated edition 24. J.Durbin and S.J.Koopman: Time series analysis by State Space Models 25. Peter J. Diggle, Patrick Heagerty, Kung-Yee Liang, Scott L. Zeger: Analysis of Longitudinal Data 2/e 26. J.K. Lindsey: Nonlinear Models in Medical Statistics 27. Peter J. Green, Nils L. Hjort & Sylvia Richardson: Highly Structured Stochastic Systems 28. Margaret S. Pepe: The Statistical Evaluation of Medical Tests for Classification and Prediction 29. Christopher G. Small and Jinfang Wang: Numerical Methods for Nonlinear Estimating Equations

    This is the first comprehensive text on the topic, and will undoubtedly prove invaluable to many researchers.

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface
    Contents
    Introduction
    Initial transformations
    Two-set Procrustes problems: generalities
    Orthogonal Procrustes problems
    Projection Procrustes problems
    Oblique Procrustes problems
    Other two-sets Procrustes problems
    Weighting, scaling and missing values
    Generalised Procrustes problems
    Analysis of variance framework
    Incorporating information on variables
    Accuracy and stability
    Links with other methods
    Some application areas, future and conclusion
    Configurations
    Rotations and reflections
    Orthogonal projections
    Oblique axes
    A minimisation problem
    Symmetric matrix products
    References

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