Why the Rousseeuw Yohai Paradigm is One of the Largest and Longest Running Scientific Hoaxes in History
David J. Olive · 2012
The Rousseeuw Yohai paradigm for high breakdown multivariate statistics is based on one of the largest and longest running scientific hoaxes in history: that impractical brand name estimators can be efficiently computed by using some criterion to select a fit from a fixed number of easily computed trial fits. The bait and switch hoax is to give theory for high complexityimpractical brand name estimators, but to actually use practical Fake-brand name estimators that are not backed by large sample or breakdown theory. Another hoax is to claim, without proof, that the practical Fake-brand name estimator is the brand name estimator.