Application of multivariate data analysis method to plasma experiment.
Yoichi Iwata, Kenichi Hattori, Zensho Yoshida, Nobuyuki Inoue · Kakuyūgō kenkyū · 1987
Multivariate-analysis methods have been applied to plasma-data analyses. Many parameters obtained in plasma experiments are strongly coupled with each other, and are generally difficult to be resolved into simple physics laws. Multivariate-analysis methods are to find simple relations lying in data and to create scaling laws, which we may use, for example, to optimize operation parameters of devices. This paper introduces the factor-analysis method and describes an example of its applications to the REPUTE-1 RFP experiments.