Reciprocal Maximum Likelihood Degrees of Brownian Motion Tree Models
Statistics Theory
2021-10-27 v2 Algebraic Geometry
Statistics Theory
Abstract
We give an explicit formula for the reciprocal maximum likelihood degree of Brownian motion tree models. To achieve this, we connect them to certain toric (or log-linear) models, and express the Brownian motion tree model of an arbitrary tree as a toric fiber product of star tree models.
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@article{arxiv.2009.11849,
title = {Reciprocal Maximum Likelihood Degrees of Brownian Motion Tree Models},
author = {Tobias Boege and Jane Ivy Coons and Christopher Eur and Aida Maraj and Frank Röttger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.11849},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
16 pages, 2 figures; v2: minor revision