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Q2 Z2,(Q2) Z2(Q2) - Institute for Water Resources - U.S. Army

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Discriminant analysis can be applied to data of the<br />

above kind. The rationale <strong>for</strong> such application is summarized<br />

in the diagram below where commodity groups 1,2,...,n are<br />

arranged on the horizontal axis from the lowest value<br />

per pound, measured at the origin, to the highest value<br />

per pound.<br />

C<br />

A, 5 C. Ai C S<br />

DIAGRAM IV -1<br />

*A t<br />

The costs, including the direct transport charge and the<br />

value of time, of shipping these by air and sea are measured<br />

on the vertical axis and are shown in the two functions C A<br />

and C. The latter starts out lower because ship rates are<br />

S<br />

NI%<br />

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