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about principal components analysis (PCA)

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• Subject: [mg49665] about principal components analysis (PCA)
• From: jz7 at duke.edu
• Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:00:43 -0400 (EDT)
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Dear all,

Would any one please recommend some website or other material which talks
about PCA? Most basicly, why it's only a linear method? What exactly is
this method about? What's the limitation and advantage about it? etc.

Thanks a lot!

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  • Re: about principal components analysis (PCA)
    • From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa@jeol.com>

• References:
  • Functions of Functions
    • From: mjperson@mit.edu (Michael J Person)