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Re: about principal components analysis (PCA)

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• Subject: [mg49694] Re: [mg49665] about principal components analysis (PCA)
• From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
• Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:42:58 -0400 (EDT)
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On Jul 27, 2004, at 7:00 AM, jz7 at duke.edu wrote:

> 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!

You can find an introduction to PCA here  
http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/cosc453/student_tutorials/ 
principal_components.pdf

Regards,

Ssezi

• References:
  • Functions of Functions
    • From: mjperson@mit.edu (Michael J Person)
  • about principal components analysis (PCA)
    • From: jz7@duke.edu