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We consider estimation of the covariance matrix of a multivariate random vector under the constraint that certain covariances are zero. We first present an algorithm, which we call Iterative Conditional Fitting, for computing the maximum…

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General elliptic equations with spatially discontinuous diffusion coefficients may be used as a simplified model for subsurface flow in heterogeneous or fractured porous media. In such a model, data sparsity and measurement errors are often…

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In this paper we consider the simulation-based Bayesian analysis of stochastic volatility in mean (SVM) models. Extending the highly efficient Markov chain Monte Carlo mixture sampler for the SV model proposed in Kim et al. (1998) and Omori…

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This paper addresses the development of analytical tools for the computation of the moments of random Gram matrices with one side correlation. Such a question is mainly driven by applications in signal processing and wireless communications…

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The problem of approximating the covariance operator of the mild solution to a linear stochastic partial differential equation is considered. An integral equation involving the semigroup of the mild solution is derived and a general error…

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We study the problem of computationally efficient robust estimation of the covariance/scatter matrix of elliptical distributions -- that is, affine transformations of spherically symmetric distributions -- under the strong contamination…

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We propose a new asymptotic test for the separability of a covariance matrix. The null distribution is valid in wide matrix elliptical model that includes, in particular, both matrix Gaussian and matrix $t$-distribution. The test is fast to…

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Consider $\boldsymbol X \sim \mathcal{N}(\boldsymbol 0, \boldsymbol \Sigma)$ and $\boldsymbol Y = (f_1(X_1), f_2(X_2),\dots, f_d(X_d))$. We call this a diagonal transformation of a multivariate normal. In this paper we compute exactly the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-07-02 Rebecca Morrison , Estelle Basor

We propose and study the class of Box-Cox elliptical distributions. It provides alternative distributions for modeling multivariate positive, marginally skewed and possibly heavy-tailed data. This new class of distributions has as a special…

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In this paper we derive a formula for a covariance matrix of any self-affine measure.

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This paper aims to examine the characteristics of the posterior distribution of covariance/precision matrices in a "large $p$, large $n$" scenario, where $p$ represents the number of variables and $n$ is the sample size. Our analysis…

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Although there is ample work in the literature dealing with skewness in the multivariate setting, there is a relative paucity of work in the matrix variate paradigm. Such work is, for example, useful for modelling three-way data. A matrix…

Methodology · Statistics 2017-10-09 Michael P. B. Gallaugher , Paul D. McNicholas

For a given $p\times n$ data matrix $\textbf{X}_n$ with i.i.d. centered entries and a population covariance matrix $\bf{\Sigma}$, the corresponding sample precision matrix $\hat{\bf\Sigma}^{-1}$ is defined as the inverse of the sample…

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We present novel Monte Carlo (MC) and multilevel Monte Carlo (MLMC) methods to determine the unbiased covariance of random variables using h-statistics. The advantage of this procedure lies in the unbiased construction of the estimator's…

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We propose estimating the scale parameter (mean of the eigenvalues) of the scatter matrix of an unspecified elliptically symmetric distribution using weights obtained by solving Tyler's M-estimator of the scatter matrix. The proposed…

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We propose a modeling framework for time-varying covariance matrices based on the assumption that the logarithm of a realized covariance matrix follows a matrix-variate oNrmal distribution. By operating in the space of symmetric matrices,…

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The main objective of this work is to calculate the multivariate double truncated expectation (MDTE) and covariance (MDTCov) for elliptical distributions. We also consider double truncated expectation (DTE) and variance (DTV) for univariate…

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The crossed random effects model is widely used, finding applications in various fields such as longitudinal studies, e-commerce, and recommender systems, among others. However, these models encounter scalability challenges, as the…

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