SAGA 9.12.3 | Tool Documentation

Principal Component Analysis

Author(s) O.Conrad (c) 2010
Library IDtable_calculus
Tool ID 7
Version 1.0
Menu Table | Calculus

Description

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for tables.

References

C-code by F.Murtagh

StatLib Web Site

Bahrenberg, G., Giese, E., Nipper, J. (1992): Statistische Methoden in der Geographie 2 - Multivariate Statistik. pp.198-277.

Parameters

 NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
InputTabletable, inputTABLE--
OutputPrincipal Componentstable, output, optionalPCA--
OptionsMethodchoiceMETHOD-Available Choices: [0] correlation matrix [1] variance-covariance matrix [2] sums-of-squares-and-cross-products matrix Default: 1
Number of Componentsinteger numberNFIRSTmaximum number of calculated first components; set to zero to get allMinimum: 0 Default: 3

Command Line


Usage: saga_cmd table_calculus 7 [-TABLE ] [-PCA ] [-METHOD ] [-NFIRST ]
  -TABLE:    Table
	table, input
  -PCA:      Principal Components
	table, output, optional
  -METHOD:
                  Method
                  	choice
                  	Available Choices:
                  	[0] correlation matrix
                  	[1] variance-covariance matrix
                  	[2] sums-of-squares-and-cross-products matrix
                  	Default: 1
  -NFIRST:   Number of Components
	integer number
	Minimum: 0
	Default: 3