TY - JOUR T1 - Robust Estimation of Circular Parameters AU - Mahmood, Ehab A. AU - Midi, Habshah AU - Hussin, Abdul Ghapor JO - Research Journal of Applied Sciences VL - 11 IS - 9 SP - 870 EP - 873 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1815-932x DO - rjasci.2016.870.873 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2016.870.873 KW - Outliers KW -robust statistics KW -circular variance KW -mean resultant length KW -resultant KW -length AB - Researchers interest to develop methods of robust estimation. These methods can be used when the data have outliers or not satisfy the condition of classical methods. However, few researchers suggest robust estimation of circular data. In this study, we propose robust estimation of circular variance and mean resultant length. The proposed robust estimation depends on extending trimmed procedure by find robust formula for trimming. Simulation results and practical example show that the proposed procedure for the circular variance and mean resultant length are better than classical methods for different ratios of outliers. ER -