A robust nonlinear projection method

This paper describes a new nonlinear projection method. The aim is to design a user-friendly method, tentativ ely as easy to use as the linear PCA (Principal Component Analysis). The method is based on CCA (Curvilinear Component Analysis). This paper presen ts tw o improvements with respect to the original CCA: a better beha vior in the projection of highly nonlinear databases (like spirals) and a complete automation in the choice of the parameters value.