pcaPP (version 1.8-3)

l1median: Multivariate L1 Median

Description

Computes the multivariate L1 median (also called spatial median) of a data matrix.

Usage

l1median(X, MaxStep = 200, ItTol = 10^-8, trace = 0)

Arguments

X

a matrix containing the values whose multivariate L1 median is to be computed.

MaxStep

Maximal number of step-halvings.

ItTol

Tolerance for convergence of the algorithm.

trace

The tracing level. Used for suppressing warning messages (trace = -1).

Value

• returns the vector of the coordinates of the L1 median.

References

C. Croux, P. Filzmoser, M. Oliveira, (2007). Algorithms for Projection-Pursuit Robust Principal Component Analysis, Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, Vol. 87, pp. 218-225.

See Also

median

Examples

l1median(rnorm(100), trace = -1) # this returns the median of the sample

  # multivariate data with outliers
  library(mvtnorm)
  x <- rbind(rmvnorm(200, rep(0, 4), diag(c(1, 1, 2, 2))), 
             rmvnorm( 50, rep(3, 4), diag(rep(2, 4))))
  l1median(x, trace = -1)
  # compare with coordinate-wise median:
  apply(x,2,median)