Related papers: LikelihoodGeometry: Macaulay2 Package
Most statistical software packages implement numerical strategies for computation of maximum likelihood estimates in random effects models. Little is known, however, about the algebraic complexity of this problem. For the one-way layout…
The Macaulay2 package Cremona performs some computations on rational and birational maps between irreducible projective varieties. For instance, it provides methods to compute degrees and projective degrees of rational maps without any…
We introduce the Macaulay2 package MatchingPowers. It allows to compute and manipulate the matching powers of a monomial ideal. The basic theory of matching powers is explained and the main features of the package are presented.
We present the $\textit{NumericalImplicitization}$ package for $\textit{Macaulay2}$, which allows for user-friendly computation of the invariants of the image of a polynomial map, such as dimension, degree, and Hilbert function values. This…
The NumericalHilbert package for Macaulay2 includes algorithms for computing local dual spaces of polynomial ideals, and related local combinatorial data about its scheme structure. These techniques are numerically stable, and can be used…
We introduce the Macaulay2 package SparseResultants, which provides general tools for computing sparse resultants, sparse discriminants, and hyperdeterminants. We give some background on the theory and briefly show how the package works.
We describe the Macaulay2 package "A1BrouwerDegrees" for computing local and global $\mathbb{A}^1$-Brouwer degrees and studying symmetric bilinear forms over the complex numbers, the real numbers, the rational numbers, and finite fields of…
We shortly describe the algorithms behind some of the functions provided by the Macaulay2 package MultiprojectiveVarieties, a package for multi-projective varieties and rational maps between them.
\pkg{multiplex} is a computer program that provides algebraic tools for the analysis of multiple network structures within the \proglang{R} environment. Apart from the possibility to create and manipulate multivariate data representing…
The MultiplicitySequence package for Macaulay2 computes the multiplicity sequence of a graded ideal in a standard graded ring over a field, as well as several invariants of monomial ideals related to integral dependence. We discuss two…
In this Macaulay2 \cite{M2} package we define an object called {\it linear code}. We implement functions that compute basic parameters and objects associated with a linear code, such as generator and parity check matrices, the dual code,…
We present {\tt RandomPoints}, a package in \emph{Macaulay2} designed mainly to identify rational and geometric points in a variety over a finite field. We provide tools to estimate the dimension of a variety. We also present methods to…
Many statistical models are algebraic in that they are defined by polynomial constraints or by parameterizations that are polynomial or rational maps. This opens the door for tools from computational algebraic geometry. These tools can be…
This introduces Rees algebras and some of their uses with illustrations via version 2.0 of the Macaulay2 package ReesAlgebra.m2.
Numerical nonlinear algebra is applied to maximum likelihood estimation for Gaussian models defined by linear constraints on the covariance matrix. We examine the generic case as well as special models (e.g. Toeplitz, sparse, trees) that…
We give a description of a new Macaulay2 package called SimplicialPosets. This package provides functions for working with simplicial posets and calculating their generalized Stanley-Reisner ideals. For practical purposes, we also introduce…
We introduce the DeterminantalRepresentations package for Macaulay2, which computes definite symmetric determinantal representations of real polynomials. We focus on quadrics and plane curves of low degree (i.e. cubics and quartics). Our…
We introduce a new Macaulay 2 package, SimplicialDecomposability, which works in conjunction with the extant package SimplicialComplexes in order to compute a shelling order, if one exists, of a specified simplicial complex. Further,…
This paper describes the RationalMaps package for Macaulay2. This package provides functionality for computing several aspects of rational maps such as whether a map is birational, or a closed embedding.
We describe a new software package for computing multiplier ideals in certain cases, including monomial ideals, monomial curves, generic determinantal ideals, and hyperplane arrangements. In these cases we take advantage of combinatorial…