The discrimination power of the classical or/and robust diagnostics fo
r the 34 (real and simulated) regression data sets with multiple outli
ers is compared. These diagnostics, presented in the uniform way for t
he large number of objects, are then used in the pattern recognition a
pproaches (PLS, Neural Networks, Rough Set Theory) to estimate the joi
nt discrimination power of the classical or/and robust diagnostics and
to construct models (or logical rules), allowing identification of ou
tliers in the new data sets. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights
reserved.