## The Annals of Statistics

### Discussion of “Influential features PCA for high dimensional clustering”

#### Article information

Source
Ann. Statist., Volume 44, Number 6 (2016), 2360-2365.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 23 November 2016

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aos/1479891618

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/16-AOS1423A

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3576544

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1360.62311

#### Citation

Arias-Castro, Ery; Verzelen, Nicolas. Discussion of “Influential features PCA for high dimensional clustering”. Ann. Statist. 44 (2016), no. 6, 2360--2365. doi:10.1214/16-AOS1423A. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aos/1479891618

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