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On procrustean mean shapes and the shape of the means
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2016
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Two sets of k labelled points, or configurations, in ℝm are defined to have the same shape if they differ only in translation, rotation and scaling. An important matter in practice is the estimation of the shape of the means; the shape determined by the means of data on the vertices of configurations. However, statistical models for vertices-based shapes always involve some unknown samplewise nuisance parameters associated with ambiguity of location, rotation and scaling. The use of procrustean mean shapes for a finite set of configurations, which are usually formulated directly in terms of their vertices, will enable one to eliminate these nuisance parameters.
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