Exact mean and covariance formulas after diagonal transformations of a multivariate normal
Statistics Theory
2024-07-02 v1 Statistics Theory
Abstract
Consider and . We call this a diagonal transformation of a multivariate normal. In this paper we compute exactly the mean vector and covariance matrix of the random vector This is done two different ways: One approach uses a series expansion for the function and the other a transform method. We compute several examples, show how the covariance entries can be estimated, and compare the theoretical results with numerical ones.
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@article{arxiv.2407.00240,
title = {Exact mean and covariance formulas after diagonal transformations of a multivariate normal},
author = {Rebecca Morrison and Estelle Basor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.00240},
year = {2024}
}
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21 pages