The Remedian: A Robust Averaging Method for Large Data Sets
Remedian:适用于大型数据集的稳健汇总方法
It is often assumed that to compute a robust estimator on n data values one needs at least n storage elements (contrary to the sample average, that may be calculated with an updating mechanism). This is one of the main reasons why robust estimators are seldom used for large data sets and why they are not included in most statistical packages. We introduce a new estimator that takes up little storage space, investigate its statistical properties, and provide an example on…