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In probability theory and statistics, a covariance matrix (also known as auto-covariance matrix, dispersion matrix, variance matrix, or variance–covariance matrix) is a square matrix giving the covariance between each pair of elements of a given random vector.
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| Covariance matrix | is a | matrix of Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients between each of the random variables in the random vector X | 0.90 | text |
| Covariance matrix | is a | Hermitian matrix | 0.90 | text |
| Covariance matrix | is a | useful tool in many different areas | 0.90 | text |
| Matlab.Fig | instance of | which bypasses the requirement to invert a matrix and is available in some computational packages | 0.80 | text |
| Covariance matrix | has application | The | 0.60 | section |
| Covariance matrix | has application | From | 0.60 | section |
| Covariance matrix | has application | Rayleigh | 0.60 | section |
| Covariance matrix | has application | This | 0.60 | section |
| Covariance matrix | has application | PCA | 0.60 | section |
| Covariance matrix | has application | Karhunen | 0.60 | section |
| Covariance matrix | has application | Loève | 0.60 | section |
| Covariance matrix | has application | KL-transform | 0.60 | section |
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