Keywords and phrases: airline industry, cross-validation, machine learning, operations, principal component analysis, stake holders, Nigeria.
Received: September 12, 2023; Accepted: December 4, 2023; Published: April 5, 2024
How to cite this article: Olumide S. Adesina, Adedayo F. Adedotun, Dorcas M. Okewole, J. A. Adeyiga, Hilary I. Okagbue and Imaga F. Ogbu, Unsupervised learning analysis for operational efficiency in airline industry, Advances and Applications in Statistics 91(5) (2024), 635-655. https://doi.org/10.17654/0972361724034
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