摘要:Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR) is a linear regression technique developed as
an incomplete or “partial” version of the least squares estimator of regression, applicable
when high or perfect multicollinearity is present in the predictor variables. Robust
methods are introduced to reduce or remove the effects of outlying data points. In the
previous studies it has been showed that if the sample covariance matrix is properly
robustified further robustification of the linear regression steps of the PLS1 algorithm
(PLSR with univariate response variable) becomes unnecessary. Therefore, we propose
a new robust PLSR method based on robustification of the covariance matrix
used in classical PLS1 algorithm. We select a reweighted estimator of covariance, in
which the Minimum Covariance Determinant as initial estimator is used, with weights
adaptively computed from the data. We compare this new robust PLSR method with
classical PLSR and four other well-known robust PLSR methods. Both simulation
results and the analysis of a real data set show the effectiveness and robustness of the
new proposed robust PLSR method.