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The recent remarkable developments of interior point algorithms began in 1984 with Karmarkar's polynomial-time interior point algorithm for linear programs using a log- arithmic potential function and a projective transformation. The progress has been made so rapidly and extensively that it seems difficult to get a comprehensive...

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Full of real-world case studies and practical advice, Exploratory Multivariate Analysis by Example Using R focuses on four fundamental methods of multivariate exploratory data analysis that are most suitable for applications. It covers principal component analysis (PCA) when variables are quantitative, correspondence analysis...

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