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M-Estimator

M-estimators are a robust generalisation of maximum likelihood estimation, formalised in the work of Peter J. Huber (Huber & Ronchetti, 2009). Instead of squaring every residual, they apply a bounded loss function so that large residuals from outliers are down-weighted rather than allowed to dominate the fit.

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M-Estimators (Robust Regression)
Taxonomic method record · regression-model / statistics
  • Huber, P. J., & Ronchetti, E. M. (2009). Robust Statistics (2nd ed.). Wiley. · URL
  • Maronna, R. A., Martin, R. D., Yohai, V. J., & Salibián-Barrera, M. (2019). Robust Statistics: Theory and Methods (with R) (2nd ed.). Wiley. · URL
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