Regression model
Breakdown Point Analysis
Breakdown point analysis quantifies the fraction of outliers an estimator can tolerate before it produces meaningless results. Formalised by Hampel (1971) and Donoho and Huber (1983), it is the standard tool for comparing the robustness of competing estimators.
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Sources
- Donoho, D. L. & Huber, P. J. (1983). The Notion of Breakdown Point. In A Festschrift for Erich L. Lehmann (pp. 157-184). Wadsworth. link ↗
- Hampel, F. R. (1971). A General Qualitative Definition of Robustness. Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 42(6), 1887-1896. DOI: 10.1214/aoms/1177693054 ↗