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In statistics, Procrustes analysis is a form of statistical shape analysis used to analyse the distribution of a set of shapes. The name Procrustes refers to a bandit from Greek mythology who made h...
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Procrustes (proh-KRUS-teez) ... What Procrustes didn't volunteer was the method by which this "one-size-fits-all" was achieved, namely as soon as the guest lay down Procrustes went to work upon him, stretching him on the rack if he was too short for the bed and chopping off his legs if he was too long.
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Procrustes, whose name means "he who stretches", was arguably the most interesting of Theseus's challenges on the way to becoming a hero. He kept a house by the side of the road where he offered hospitality to passing strangers, who were invited in for a pleasant meal and a night's rest in his very special bed.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Procrustes (Greek mythological figure), in Greek legend, a robber dwelling somewhere in Attica—in some versions, in the neighbourhood of Eleusis. His father was said to be Poseidon. ... Procrustes had an iron bed (or, according to some accounts, two beds) on which he compelled...
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d = procrustes(X,Y) determines a linear transformation (translation, reflection, orthogonal rotation, and scaling) of the points in matrix Y to best conform them to the points in matrix X. The goodness-of-fit criterion is the sum of squared errors.
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Baxter's Procrustes is one of the publications of the Bodleian Club. The Bodleian Club is composed of gentlemen of culture, who are interested in books and book-collecting. ... The notion of publishing Baxter's Procrustes did not emanate from Baxter, -- I must do him the justice to say this. But he had spoken to several...
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Procrustes was the ancient champion of enforced conformity. In Greek antiquity he was a legendary highwayman who lived in Attica. He had an iron bed which he regarded as the standard of length. Because it just fit him, he concluded that every one should fit it.
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Procrustes was a robber of Attica, who placed all who fell into his hands upon an iron bed. If they were longer than the bed, he cut off the redundant part; if shorter, he stretched them till they fitted it. ... “Tyrant more cruel than Procrustes old,
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Here are two scripts. Their function is identical. They take as input two vector files. The output is a new vector file. The set of vectors in one file is rotated and/or mirrored to align it with the set of vectors in the other file as well as possible. ... procrustes Python; R with packages iL04 and vegan...
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