Robust Statistics Academy

The Ro.S.A. is a Research Center set in the University of Parma. It has been built by a group of sta Most of the research activity carried by Ro.S.A. Ro.S.A.

is to reshape modern statistical technique with major emphasis on robustness. Robust statistics is a branch for which results from a method are not disturbed by change of assumptions or presence of outliers. In other words, when a robust method is applied the presence of influential observations have little or no effect on the final results. As a byproduct, extreme cases are highlighted and might  ...