9783764331573
Least Absolute Deviations - Theory, Applications, And Algorithms - Peter Bloomfield, William L. Steiger
Birkhuser (1983)
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Least squares is probably the best known method for fitting linear models and by far the most widely used. Surprisingly, the discrete L1 analogue, least absolute deviations (LAD) seems to have been considered first. Possibly the LAD criterion was forced into the background because of the computational difficulties associated with it.
Recently there has been a resurgence of interest in LAD. It was spurred on by work that has resulted in efficient algorithms for obtaining LAD fits. Another stimulus came from robust statistics. LAD estimates resist undue effects from a few, large errors. Therefore, in addition to being robust, they also make good starting points for other iterative, robust procedures.
The LAD criterion has great utility. LAD fits are optimal for linear regressions where the errors are double exponential. However they also have excellent properties well outside this narrow context. In addition they are useful in other linear situations such as time series and multivariate data analysis. Finally, LAD fitting embodies a set of ideas that is important in linear optimization theory and numerical analysis.

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Dewey 519.5
Height x Width 240 mm