Outlier detection

Mrs. Young | July 17, 2025

Table of Contents

  1. Description & principle
  2. Reference articles
  3. Packages
  4. Assessment table

Description & principle

A clear, technical yet accessible explanation of the method, its core principle(s).

Major variants

optional

If the method has variants that seem important, either already widespread or promising and well documented.

Further online resources

References to useful online resources to get started, e.g. explanation blogs

Reference articles

Method

  • One or a few key academic references that introduce or formalize the method.

Research applications

With RS data in Ecology / Biodiversity

  • A

Without RS data (Ecology domain)

optional

  • B

Packages

Python

R

Code Cells

optional

Assessment table

CategoryCriteriaAssessment
OutcomeObjectiveDetection
 EstimandInapplicable
Data compatibilityTypeSpatial only (cross-sectional), Time-series (one sample), Panel data (many samples)
 Required TS lengthHandles ≤ 10, ≥ 10, ≥ 100
 Handles few samplesYes ≤ 10, 10 to 100, No
 Handles huge datasets (n)Yes
 Handles missing dataYes
 RS-data provenYes
AssumptionsFunctional formRule-based, Assumption-free
 No unobserved confoundersInapplicable
 No interferenceInapplicable
 Well-defined treatmentsInapplicable
 Common support (positivity)Inapplicable
 Causal Markov ConditionInapplicable
 FaithfulnessInapplicable
 IDDInapplicable
 Model specific assumptionNo specific
Model propertiesRequires explicit processesAgnostic
 Exposure typeAll, Binary, Categorical, Continuous / Time-varying, Compositional, Multivariate
 Number of variablesUnivariate, Bivariate, Multivariate, High-dimensional (p≫n)
 Handles lag effectsInapplicable
 Propagates uncertaintyInapplicable
 Parametric natureInapplicable
PackagesLanguageR, Python, GIS, Others
 UsageUser-friendly, Technical but well documented, Varying

References