Accession Number:

ADA002340

Title:

Ridge Regression using Prior Information.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS INC PATRICK AFB FLA

Personal Author(s):

• O'Connor,J. J.
• Rowe,R. R.

Report Date:

1974-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

20.0

Abstract:

Ridge regression, as developed by Hoerl and Kennard has been extended to apply to situations where a priori expected values and variances are available for the elements of the unknown parameter vector being estimated. An application involving orbit determination with estimation of various radar coefficients is presented.

Descriptors:

• *REGRESSION ANALYSIS
• RADAR TRACKING
• ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
• ESTIMATES

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE