decorrelation

Eliminating statistical dependence

Decorrelation is the process of removing or reducing correlation between variables or signals.

In statistics and signal processing, decorrelation transforms data so that components become statistically independent: The algorithm applies decorrelation to eliminate redundancy between channels.

In finance, decorrelation describes assets moving independently rather than in tandem: Investors seek decorrelation to reduce portfolio risk.

signal

filtering

Selective passage of elements

frequency · spectrum · bandwidth · waveform · modulation · multipath · distortion · attenuation · antenna · receiver

statistical

covariance

Joint deviation measure

normalization · multivariate · scatterplot · regression · sampling · estimation · bias · distribution · probability · inference

algorithmic

transformation

Thorough change in form

basis · projection · vectors · linear algebra · dot product · perpendicular · axes · Cartesian · Euclidean · normalization

independence

disentanglement

Separation from complexity

divergence · orthogonality · linear independence · decoupling · isolation · detachment · disassociation · partitioning · factorization

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statistical relationship

decorrelationcorrelation

Statistical relationship measure

covariance · dependence · association · interdependence · collinearity

process direction

decorrelationcorrelation

Statistical relationship measure

correlating · coupling · entangling · linking · associating

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