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Generalized Procrustes Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

J. C. Gower
J. C. Gower*
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts
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Abstract

Suppose Pi(i) (i = 1, 2, ..., m, j = 1, 2, ..., n) give the locations of mn points in p-dimensional space. Collectively these may be regarded as m configurations, or scalings, each of n points in p-dimensions. The problem is investigated of translating, rotating, reflecting and scaling the m configurations to minimize the goodness-of-fit criterion Σi=1m Σi=1n Δ2(Pj(i)Gi), where Gi is the centroid of the m points Pi(i) (i = 1, 2, ..., m). The rotated positions of each configuration may be regarded as individual analyses with the centroid configuration representing a consensus, and this relationship with individual scaling analysis is discussed. A computational technique is given, the results of which can be summarized in analysis of variance form. The special case m = 2 corresponds to Classical Procrustes analysis but the choice of criterion that fits each configuration to the common centroid configuration avoids difficulties that arise when one set is fitted to the other, regarded as fixed.

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Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , March 1975 , pp. 33 - 51
Copyright
Copyright © 1975 Psychometric Society

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