Least Median of Squares Robust Regression

DESCRIPTION:

Performs least median of squares regression. This function is generic (see Methods); method functions can be written to handle specific classes of data. Classes which already have methods for this function include:

formula

USAGE:

lmsreg(...) 

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:

...
methods have additional arguments.

VALUE:

an object of class "lms" representing a robust fit of a linear model. See the lms.object help file for details.

REFERENCES:

Rousseeuw, P. J. (1984). Least median of squares regression. Journal of the American Statistical Association 79, 871-88.

SEE ALSO:

, , , , , .

EXAMPLES:

lmsreg(stack.x, stack.loss) 
lmsreg(ozone~wind+radiation+temperature, data=air)