Masking and Swamping effects in multivariate detection.

Updated May 5, 2026

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Masking: anomalies hide each other; Swamping: normal points look like anomalies[cite: 1].

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Masking happens when multiple anomalies shift the mean/covariance. Swamping happens when anomalies increase the variance so much that normal points fall outside the limit[cite: 1].

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