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The theory of Baarda’s data snooping — normal and F tests respectively based on the known and unknown posteriori variance — is applied to detect blunders in errors-invariables (EIV) models, in which gross errors are in the vector of observations and/or in the coefficient matrix. This work is a follow-up to an earlier work in which we presented the formulation of the weighted total least squares (WTLS) based on the standard least squares theory. This method allows one to directly apply the existing body of knowledge of the least squares theory to the errors-in-variables models. Among those applications, data snooping methods in an EIV model are of particular interest, which is the subject of discussion in the present contribution. This paper generalizes the Baarda’s data snooping procedure of the standard least squares theory to an EIV model. Two empirical examples, a linear regression model and a 2-D affine transformation, using simulated and real data are presented to show the efficacy of the presented formulation. It is highlighted that the method presented is capable of detecting outlying equations (rather than outlying observations) in a straightforward manner. Further, the WTLS method can be used to handle different TLS problems. For example, the WTLS problem for the conditions and mixed models, the WTLS problem subject to constraints and variance component estimation for an EIV model can easily be established. These issues are in progress for future publications.
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Amiri-Simkooei, A.R., Jazaeri, S. Data-snooping procedure applied to errors-in-variables models. Stud Geophys Geod 57, 426–441 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11200-012-0474-2
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