A Projection Pursuit Algorithm for Exploratory Data Analysis

An algorithm for the analysis of multivariate data is presented and is discussed in terms of specific examples. The algorithm seeks to find one-and two-dimensional linear projections of multivariate data that are relatively highly revealing.

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