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In this paper we show how biplot methodology can be combined with various forms of discriminant analyses leading to highly informative visual displays of the respective class separations. It is demonstrated that the concept of distance as applied to discriminant analysis provides a unified approach to a wide variety of discriminant analysis procedures that can be accommodated by just changing to an appropriate distance metric. These changes in the distance metric are crucial for the construction of appropriate biplots. Several new types of biplots viz. quadratic discriminant analysis biplots for use with heteroscedastic stratified data, discriminant subspace biplots and flexible discriminant analysis biplots are derived and their use illustrated. Advantages of the proposed procedures are pointed out. Although biplot methodology is in particular well suited for complementing J > 2 classes discrimination problems its use in 2-class problems is also illustrated.
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Gardner, S., le Roux, N. Extensions of Biplot Methodology to Discriminant Analysis. Journal of Classification 22, 59–86 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00357-005-0006-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00357-005-0006-7