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This paper describes some of the basic applications of the algebraic theory of canonical decomposition to the analysis of data. The notions of structured data and symmetry studies are discussed and applied to demonstrate their role in well known principles of analysis of variance and their applicability in more general experimental settings.
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Viana, M. Symmetry Studies for Data Analysis. Methodol Comput Appl Probab 9, 325–341 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11009-007-9022-x
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